# Creative Commons founder

entity: /record/creative-commons.md  
predicate: founder  
page: /record/creative-commons/founder  
as_of: 2026-11-01  

As of November 1, 2026, Creative Commons's founders on the AsOf record are Hal Abelson, Lawrence Lessig and Eric Eldred, each a claim of its own with its date, from 2 sources in all. The record holds 3 claims on Creative Commons's founder, 3 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current founder

What the record asserts on 2026-11-01.

- [Creative Commons](/record/creative-commons.md) | founder | Hal Abelson | valid undated to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_0B5A4CBD5E6A](/claim/clm_0B5A4CBD5E6A.md)
  sources: https://creativecommons.org/history/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43449
- [Creative Commons](/record/creative-commons.md) | founder | Lawrence Lessig | valid undated to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_5D849E88DE9A](/claim/clm_5D849E88DE9A.md)
  sources: https://creativecommons.org/history/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43449
- [Creative Commons](/record/creative-commons.md) | founder | Eric Eldred | valid undated to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_63491862919A](/claim/clm_63491862919A.md)
  sources: https://creativecommons.org/history/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43449

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Creative Commons](/record/creative-commons.md) | founder | Hal Abelson | valid undated to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_0B5A4CBD5E6A](/claim/clm_0B5A4CBD5E6A.md)
  sources: https://creativecommons.org/history/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43449
- [Creative Commons](/record/creative-commons.md) | founder | Lawrence Lessig | valid undated to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_5D849E88DE9A](/claim/clm_5D849E88DE9A.md)
  sources: https://creativecommons.org/history/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43449
- [Creative Commons](/record/creative-commons.md) | founder | Eric Eldred | valid undated to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_63491862919A](/claim/clm_63491862919A.md)
  sources: https://creativecommons.org/history/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43449

## Questions this record answers

### Who are Creative Commons's founders?

Hal Abelson (undated), Lawrence Lessig (undated) and Eric Eldred (undated), as the record asserts them on November 1, 2026.


## Get this data

- JSON: /v1/entities/creative-commons/founder (this fact) · /v1/entities/creative-commons?predicates=founder (with the entity's coverage; add as_of=YYYY-MM-DD for a date)
- MCP: timeline(entity: "creative-commons", predicates: ["founder"]) for every dated value · fetch(id: "/record/creative-commons/founder.md") for this page
- Entity twin: /record/creative-commons.md · timeline: /timelines/creative-commons.md

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