List of free-content licences

This is a list of free-content licences not specifically intended for software. For information on software-related licences, see Comparison of free and open-source software licenses.
A variety of free-content licences exist, some of them tailored to a specific purpose. Also listed are open-hardware licences, which may be used on design documents of and custom-made software for open-source hardware.

List

For documents and text

FreeBSD Documentation License
GNU Free Documentation License, or GFDL
GNU Simpler Free Documentation License, or GSFDL
Open Content License, obsolete
Open Publication License, obsolete

For any type of content

Against DRM license
Creative Commons licenses which are considered free:
* Creative Commons Attribution, or CC BY
* Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike, or CC BY-SA
* Creative Commons Zero, or CC0
Creative Archive Licence, discontinued licence of the BBC Archive
Design Science License
Free Art License
Korean Open Access License
MirOS Licence
WTFPL

For fonts

For hardware

For tabletop games

Other content

Open Audio License, for audio
Open Database License, or ODbL, for databases

Using software licences for other content

Some free software licences, including the GNU General Public License and European Union Public Licence, can also be used to license content other than software. However, the FSF has recommended against using the GPL for educational works.