Creative Commons vs Porticus Foundation

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Porticus Foundation is the older of the two, founded in 1995 — 6 years before Creative Commons.

Founded: 2001; 1995
Status: Active; Active
Headquarters: Mountain View, United States; Amsterdam, Netherlands
Industry: nonprofit organization; nonprofit organization
Founders: Lawrence Lessig, Hal Abelson, Eric Eldred; Not recorded
Employees: 147; Not recorded
Legal form: nonprofit organization; Kommanditgesellschaft
Website: creativecommons.org; Not recorded

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Creative Commons and Porticus Foundation.