Free Knowledge Culture Calendar/January 15
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![Lawrence Lessig gives a speech on free culture.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Lawrence_Lessig_%289%29.jpg/220px-Lawrence_Lessig_%289%29.jpg)
Today in 2001 Creative Commons was founded to promote free culture. The organization is best known for creating a range of influential free culture licenses. From porn to scientific papers – they became by far the most popular licenses for open content other than software code.