Die im Folgenden aufgeführten Lizenzen versuchen, den Grundgedanken, der der Freien Software zu Grunde liegt, auch auf andere Werkgattungen zu übertragen. Da keine allgemein anerkannte Open Content Definition besteht, sind die Lizenzen sehr heterogen.
- Apple's Common Documentation License (v. 1.0): https://web.archive.org/web/20060323013933/https://opensource.apple.com/cdl/
- Creative Commons Attribution 1.0: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/1.0/legalcode
- Creative Commons Attribution 2.0: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode
- Creative Commons Attribution 2.5: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/legalcode
- Creative Commons Attribution 3.0: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
- Creative Commons Attribution NoDerivatives 1.0: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/1.0/legalcode
- Creative Commons Attribution NoDerivatives 2.0: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/legalcode
- Creative Commons Attribution NoDerivatives 2.5: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.5/legalcode
- Creative Commons Attribution NoDerivatives 3.0: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/legalcode
- Creative Commons Attribution NoDerivatives 4.0 International: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/legalcode
- Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 1.0: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/1.0/legalcode
- Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 2.0: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/legalcode
- Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 2.5: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/legalcode
- Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode
- Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 International: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode
- Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives 1.0: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd-nc/1.0/legalcode
- Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives 2.0: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/legalcode
- Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives 2.5: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/legalcode
- Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives 3.0: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode
- Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives 4.0 International: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
- Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 1.0: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/1.0/legalcode
- Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 2.0: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode
- Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 2.5: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/legalcode
- Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 3.0: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode
- Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 4.0 International: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode
- Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 1.0: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0/legalcode
- Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/legalcode
- Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/legalcode
- Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode
- Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0 International: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode
- Creative Commons Licenses: http://creativecommons.org/licenses
- Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
- Digital Peer Publishing Lizenz 1.0 (DPPL): https://www.hbz-nrw.de/produkte/open-access/lizenzen/dppl/dppl/DPPL_v1_de_02-2004
- Digital Peer Publishing Lizenz 2.0 (DPPL): https://www.hbz-nrw.de/produkte/open-access/lizenzen/dppl/dppl/DPPL_v2_de_06-2004
- Digital Peer Publishing Lizenz 3.0 (DPPL): https://www.hbz-nrw.de/produkte/open-access/lizenzen/dppl/dppl/DPPL_v3_de_06-2004
- Digital Peer Publishing Licence 3.0 (DPPL): https://www.hbz-nrw.de/produkte/open-access/lizenzen/dppl/fdppl/f-DPPL_v3_en_11-2008
- Freie Digital Peer Publishing Lizenz - "freie DPPL" 1.0 (f-DPPL): https://www.hbz-nrw.de/produkte/open-access/lizenzen/dppl/fdppl/f-DPPL_v1_de_11-2004
- Freie Digital Peer Publishing Lizenz - "freie DPPL" 3.0 (f-DPPL): https://www.hbz-nrw.de/produkte/open-access/lizenzen/dppl/dppl/DPPL_v3_de_11-2008
- Free Digital Peer Publishing License 3.0 (f-DPPL): https://www.hbz-nrw.de/produkte/open-access/lizenzen/dppl/dppl/DPPL_v3_en_11-2008
- Modulare Digital Peer Publishing Lizenz 1.0 (m-DPPL): https://www.hbz-nrw.de/produkte/open-access/lizenzen/dppl/mdppl/m-DPPL_v1_de_11-2004
- Modulare Digital Peer Publishing Lizenz 3.0 (m-DPPL): https://www.hbz-nrw.de/produkte/open-access/lizenzen/dppl/mdppl/m-DPPL_v3_de_11-2008
- Modular Digital Peer Publishing Licence 3.0 (m-DPPL): https://www.hbz-nrw.de/produkte/open-access/lizenzen/dppl/mdppl/m-DPPL_v3_en_11-2008
- EFF Audio Public License (v. 1.0.1): https://web.archive.org/web/20060220142104/http://www.eff.org/IP/Open_licenses/20010421_eff_oal_1.0.html
- electronic Music Public License: http://web.archive.org/web/20050408042334/http://www.killerfish.de/fys/empl/empl_de.html
- Ethymonics Free Music License: https://web.archive.org/web/20040209194229/http://www.ethymonics.co.uk/fml.html
- Free Art License: https://web.archive.org/web/20080704173805/http://www.artlibre.org/licence.php/lalgb.html
- FreeBSD Documentation License: http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/freebsd-doc-license.html
- GNU Free Documentation License (FDL) (v. 1.1): http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.1.html
- GNU Free Documentation License (FDL) (v. 1.1): http://nautix.sourceforge.net/docs/fdl.de.html (inoffizielle deutsche Übersetzung)
- GNU Free Documentation License (FDL) (v. 1.2): http://www.giese-online.de/gnufdl-de.html (inoffizielle deutsche Übersetzung)
- GNU Free Documentation License (FDL) (v. 1.2): http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html
- GNU Free Documentation License (FDL) (v. 1.3): http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html
- Guy Hoffman's license: http://www.ram.org/ramblings/philosophy/fmp/hoffman_license.html
- ifrOSS Freie Lizenz für Texte und Textdatenbanken (IFL Text): https://github.com/ifrOSS/Lizenzcenter/blob/Neue-Gliederung/IFL
- Linux Documentation Project Copying License: http://tldp.org/LDP-COPYRIGHT.html
- LinuxTag Green Open Music Licence: http://openmusic.linuxtag.org/modules/freecontent/content/openmusic/green.html
- LinuxTag Yellow Open Music License: http://openmusic.linuxtag.org/modules/freecontent/content/openmusic/yellow.html
- Lizenz "Freie Kunst": https://web.archive.org/web/20081118201323/http://artlibre.org/licence.php/lalde.html (Übersetzung der Free Art License)
- Lizenz für die freie Nutzung unveränderter Inhalte: http://www.ifross.org/Lizenzen/LizenzFuerUnveraenderteInhalte.html
- Lizenz für die nichtkommerzielle Nutzung von Inhalten an Schulen und Hochschulen (MuSofT): http://www.ifross.org/Lizenzen/MuSoft-Lizenz.htm
- Lizenz für die Nutzung von Inhalten in bestimmten Nutzerkreisen: http://www.ifross.org/Lizenzen/Lizenz%20bestimmte%20Nutzerkreise.htm
- Lizenz für Freie Inhalte: http://www.ifross.org/Lizenzen/LizenzFuerFreieInhalte.html
- Open Content License (OPL): https://web.archive.org/web/20140608191625/http://www.opencontent.org:80/opl.shtml
- Open Directory License: https://web.archive.org/web/20011106104708/http://dmoz.org:80/license.html
- Open Game License (v. 1.0a): http://www.opengamingfoundation.org/ogl.html
- Open Publication License (v. 1.0): http://opencontent.org/openpub
- Open Source Music License (v. 1.5) (OSML): https://web.archive.org/web/20120818042338/http://www.rootrecords.org:80/licenses.html
- Public Documentation License (PDL): http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/PDL.html