Difference between revisions of "Image license: Creative Commons"
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| − | This image has been licensed under one of the Creative Commons licences. This means that you can redistribute the image under certain restrictions. A restriction that applies to ''all'' the images licensed under Creative Commons is that you must attribute the image, that is, give credit to its creator ("author") by citing his or her name, artist's name or online-gallery user name. A restriction that probably applies to this image is prohibition of any commercial use - see license on Flickr. Further restrictions may also apply. The images inserted in this camera wiki that are licensed under Creative Commons are hosted in Flickr, so you will have the exact terms of the licence that applies to the specific image by clicking on the image | + | This image has been licensed under one of the Creative Commons licences. This means that you can redistribute the image under certain restrictions. A restriction that applies to ''all'' the images licensed under Creative Commons is that you must attribute the image, that is, give credit to its creator ("author") by citing his or her name, artist's name or online-gallery user name. A restriction that probably applies to this image is prohibition of any commercial use - see license on Flickr. Further restrictions may also apply. The images inserted in this camera wiki that are licensed under Creative Commons are hosted in Flickr, so you will have the exact terms of the licence that applies to the specific image by clicking on the image to visit the corresponding Flickr page, and clicking on the 'Some rights reserved' link to the CC licence. |
| − | Some images licensed under Creative Commons are inserted into this camera wiki with no author name. This is only allowed if the person who inserted the picture is the author him/herself; although the author | + | Some images licensed under Creative Commons are inserted into this camera wiki with no author name. This is only allowed if the person who inserted the picture is the author him/herself; although the author may omit their name for use of the image within this camera wiki website, other people may not use the image elsewhere without attribution. |
To learn more about the Creative Commons licenses, please visit the [http://creativecommons.org/ Creative Commons website]. | To learn more about the Creative Commons licenses, please visit the [http://creativecommons.org/ Creative Commons website]. | ||
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Revision as of 10:11, 24 March 2011
This image has been licensed under one of the Creative Commons licences. This means that you can redistribute the image under certain restrictions. A restriction that applies to all the images licensed under Creative Commons is that you must attribute the image, that is, give credit to its creator ("author") by citing his or her name, artist's name or online-gallery user name. A restriction that probably applies to this image is prohibition of any commercial use - see license on Flickr. Further restrictions may also apply. The images inserted in this camera wiki that are licensed under Creative Commons are hosted in Flickr, so you will have the exact terms of the licence that applies to the specific image by clicking on the image to visit the corresponding Flickr page, and clicking on the 'Some rights reserved' link to the CC licence.
Some images licensed under Creative Commons are inserted into this camera wiki with no author name. This is only allowed if the person who inserted the picture is the author him/herself; although the author may omit their name for use of the image within this camera wiki website, other people may not use the image elsewhere without attribution.
To learn more about the Creative Commons licenses, please visit the Creative Commons website.
