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CC0 - Public domain


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CC BY - Creative Commons Attribution

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CC BY-SA - Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike

This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work even for commercial purposes, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms. This license is often compared to “copyleft” free and open source software licenses. 
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