2006DEC211722

Images for *Living with geeks*

 

'... This week, I transferred my blog to Wordpress; your pizza/Linux photo is a great image which I posted as the masthead for the site (with attribution cited in the blogroll). Are you amenable to the photo being used like this? It fits well with my project's treatment & the stories which the interviews yield --- see it here: livingwithgeeks.wordpress.com/ ...' (Jill M Foster)

 

Hi Jill, thanks for asking permission and complying (sort-of) with the CC licensing the image, 2006JUL021140 is released under. The type of Creative Commons license I've released all the flickr images under require:

 

* Attribution (let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work — and derivative works based upon it — but only if they give credit the way you request.).

* Non Commercial (let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work — and derivative works based upon it — but for noncommercial purposes only)

* Non Derivative (let others copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it.)

 

Checklist

* I've seen the attribution & without specific instructions from me, this is fine. Simple link back to the original image with attrribution.

 

* The non commercial bit is pretty simple & I'll take the most lenient interpretation on this because one image, does not a commercial enterprise make. I'll digress here for a bit.

 

marketing 101

Software is my main vocation. Writing, drawing, images & photos are just ways to get others to notice the first bit. So unless your entering the original or derivative and making bucket loads of cash I'll be lenient in my definition of what is commercial. To get an idea take a look at the site, gapingvoid and look at how Hugh MacLeod uses his images, in this case cartoons to market his sites without charging for them. It makes no sense to charge for the images, but at the same time you don't want others to commercially exploit them for pure commercial gain.

 

The reaon I've added the non-commercial license is to stop image trawling companies grabbing a few images from lots of people & re-selling access, associated adverts etc.

 

* The non - derivative bit is one area where you have stumbled. The license I've chose prohibits this particular practice. But given the rip-mix-burn idiom is really one of the reasons the Creative Commons license was devised (ie: the ability to grab something, with attribution and build something else maybe for you it is too prohibitive.

 

Propose

So I grant for you (Jill Foster of Living with Geeks) , a re-license the image with the following restrictions or relaxations on my normal license. This means you don't have to change anything on your current page & can use it as is. I'll send this text in an email at some time to confirm it with you (as per your email sent 'your photo + interviewing for my documentary').

 

I grant Jill Foster of Living with Geeks (and only Jill Foster) the following license for this image.

 

* Attribution You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor.

 

* Non Commercial You may not use this work for commercial purposes.

 

* Share Alike If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under a license identical to this one.

 

You can find a human readable explanation here and a legal definition here. The license has been modified to comply with Australian law meaning it is recognised under copyright law in Australia.

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