This is an Open Artifacts project.

What is an Open Artifact?

Think of Open Artifacts as open source for everything humans create, from toys to governments. They give life to our ideas by inviting the community to join us in their development.

Like open-source software, these projects are free to use, adapt, and improve. Cultural Creators, like us, engage with open artifacts as part of our Creative Practice to improve ourselves and to help build a better world.

Visit Evolve The World to learn more about these concepts and how they fit together.
Open Artifacts Initiative

Open Artifacts Licenses

These are licenses that comply with the Open Artifacts Definition.

License Name Category OAD Compliant? Why? (The Critical Factor)
Creative Commons Attribution
(CC BY) 		Content / Media YES Allows everything; requires attribution.
CC Attribution-ShareAlike
(CC BY-SA) 		Content / Media YES Compliant "Copyleft" (must share modifications).
CC Non-Commercial
(CC BY-NC) 		Content / Media NO Violates OAD #1 & #6. Discriminates against commercial fields.
CC No-Derivatives
(CC BY-ND) 		Content / Media NO Violates OAD #3. Forbids fixing/improving the artifact.
MIT License Software YES Simple and permissive. (Patent grant is implied).
Apache License 2.0 Software RECOMMENDED Gold Standard. Contains an explicit Patent Grant (Strong adherence to OAD #1).
GNU GPL v3 Software YES Strong Copyleft. Explicit Patent Grant.
CERN-OHL-P (Permissive) Hardware RECOMMENDED Designed for hardware. Explicit Patent Grant.
CERN-OHL-S (Strong) Hardware YES Hardware "Copyleft." Explicit Patent Grant.