Contributing to CC Open Source

Thank you for your interest in contributing to CC Open Source! This document is a set of guidelines to help you contribute to this project.

Code of Conduct

Creative Commons (CC) is an organization and global community that champions openness, sharing, and creativity. We are committed to fostering a safe, inclusive, respectful, and harassment-free environment for everyone—regardless of age, ability, disability status, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, level of experience, nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.

All Creative Commons open source projects are governed by our Code of Conduct - Creative Commons.

AI generated content prohibited

Avoiding generative AI development tools — Creative Commons Open Source:

At this time, the Creative Commons (CC) Technology team has concluded that generative AI development tooling does not pass a cost/benefit analysis for contributing to our open source projects. Until further notice, we will not accept CC Open Source submissions that include code or content generated with AI.

How to Contribute

Please follow the processes in our Contribution Guidelines — Creative Commons Open Source.

Project Documentation

The README in the root of the repository should contain or link to project documentation. If you cannot find the documentation you're looking for, please file a GitHub issue with details of what you'd like to see documented.

Questions or Thoughts?

Talk to us on one of our community forums.