<s>
A	O
free	B-License
license	I-License
or	O
open	B-License
license	I-License
is	O
a	O
license	O
which	O
allows	O
others	O
to	O
reuse	O
another	O
creator	O
’s	O
work	O
as	O
they	O
wish	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
free	B-License
licenses	I-License
are	O
worldwide	O
,	O
royalty-free	O
,	O
non-exclusive	O
,	O
and	O
perpetual	O
(	O
see	O
copyright	O
durations	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Free	B-License
licenses	I-License
are	O
often	O
the	O
basis	O
of	O
crowdsourcing	O
and	O
crowdfunding	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
invention	O
of	O
the	O
term	O
"	O
free	B-License
license	I-License
"	O
and	O
the	O
focus	O
on	O
the	O
rights	O
of	O
users	O
were	O
connected	O
to	O
the	O
sharing	O
traditions	O
of	O
the	O
hacker	O
culture	O
of	O
the	O
1970s	O
public	O
domain	O
software	O
ecosystem	O
,	O
the	O
social	O
and	O
political	O
free	O
software	O
movement	O
(	O
since	O
1980	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
movement	O
(	O
since	O
the	O
1990s	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
rights	O
were	O
codified	O
by	O
different	O
groups	O
and	O
organizations	O
for	O
different	O
domains	O
in	O
Free	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Definition	I-Application
,	O
Open	B-License
Source	I-License
Definition	I-License
,	O
Debian	B-License
Free	I-License
Software	I-License
Guidelines	I-License
,	O
Definition	O
of	O
Free	O
Cultural	O
Works	O
and	O
The	O
Open	O
Definition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	O
source	O
,	O
free	B-Application
culture	I-Application
(	O
unified	O
as	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
movement	I-License
)	O
,	O
anticopyright	O
,	O
Wikimedia	O
Foundation	O
projects	O
,	O
public	O
domain	O
advocacy	O
groups	O
and	O
pirate	B-Application
parties	I-Application
are	O
connected	O
with	O
free	O
and	O
open	B-License
licenses	I-License
.	O
</s>
