What is a "Creative Commons" license?

Question

How is it different from a copyright license?

Answer 1

A copyright license is generally a license that set forth rules, under copyright law, for what someone (the license holder) can or cannot do with a creative work authored by some else (the license grantor).

A "Creative Commons" license is one of several specific licenses, written by a non-profit group for others to use, which conforms with the legal requirements of a copyright license. Each version of the Creative Commons license is basically a standard form that anyone can use, which by its terms allows third-parties to copy and distribute material. In other words, rather than each author having to draft their own license document, they can simpy use the pre-prepared license based on the rights they want to allow others to have.

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