A16z proposes a set of licenses especially for NFTs, based on Creative Common...

A16z proposes a set of licenses especially for NFTs, based on Creative Common...

The six licensing templates devised by VC firm Andreessen Horowitz are irrevocable and amendable, and give creators the power to set five variables for the future use of their works. Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (A16z) announced Wednesday that it had devised a set of six licenses tailored to nonfungible tokens (NFTs) that are based on the model pioneered by Creative Commons. Like Creative Commons licenses, there is a range of rights available through a variety of the proposed NFT licenses, titled Can’t Be Evil licenses.In a blog post, A16z general counsel Miles Jennings and....


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