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"Black Singer Performs At The International Amphitheater In Chicago, 10/1973" and "Black soul singer Isaac Hayes performs at the International Amphitheater in Chicago..." by John H. White, here cropped and remixed, are in the public domain.

Licensing Best Practices for the Sharing of Scientific Data

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The cover of the report Licensing Best Practices for Sharing Scientific Data with a dark-blue blog and stars made of C's as part of CC's visual brand.

Today, we are sharing our newest report, Licensing Best Practices for Sharing Scientific Data. This report builds on our 2023 report Recommended Best Practices for the Better Sharing of Climate Data with the goal of extending the open data practices originally designed for climate data to other disciplines.

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    Photo by Sebastiaan ter Burg, licensed with CC BY 2.0.

  • A grayscale photo of two participants at a CC Global Summit.

    Photo by Sebastiaan ter Burg, licensed with CC BY 2.0.

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    Photo by Creative Commons, 2026, CC BY 4.0.

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    Photo by Rebecca Ross/Creative Commons, 2026, CC BY 4.0.

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    Woman's ceremonial overskirt by a Kuba artist, ca. 1900, CC0, The Met.

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