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• Standardized Public Licenses: Offers a suite of clear, legally robust licenses that replace individual negotiations, making it simple to declare "some rights reserved" instead of "all rights reserved."
• License Chooser Tool: Guides users through selecting the appropriate license for their needs, whether they want to allow commercial use, modifications, or require attribution.
• Global Commons Support: Builds and sustains the shared ecosystem of openly licensed materials, supporting major projects like Wikipedia, open educational resources, and open-access scientific research.
• Search and Discovery: Provides access to search engines and platforms to find images, articles, music, and other media available for legal reuse under Creative Commons licenses.
• Legal and Technical Innovation: Develops and maintains the legal and technical infrastructure that enables reliable sharing and remixing of content across the web and in new technologies like AI.