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Software: Free and Open-Source Code

Creative Commons recommends and uses free and open source software licenses for software.

To use the Free Software Foundation’s GNU General Public License, see how to use GNU licenses for your own software.

Learn about other free and open source software licenses at these sites:

Want to help Creative Commons develop free software?

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Need a place to develop your software?

See the Wikipedia comparison of free software hosting facilities.