Creative Commons provides free, standardized copyright licenses that allow authors to give permission for others to share & use their creative work, under the conditions that they choose. The benefit to using items with a Creative Commons license is that you know exactly how you can use, share, or modify the item without seeking the author's permission.
"Creative Commons licenses are not an alternative to copyright. They work alongside copyright and enable you to modify your copyright terms to best suit your needs." (Creative Commons, 2016).
Types of CC Licenses
The links go directly to the full terms of each license.
Attribution: CC-BY: lets others distribute, remix, adapt your work, as long as they credit you
Attribution-ShareAlike: CC-BY-SA: lets others distribute, adapt, remix your work as long as they credit you, and they use the same license