Tuesday, January 2, 2007

Creative Commons license

There's been some discussion over at UKScrappers about copyright of Craft Robo templates posted there. I believe strongly that intellectual property on the Web still belongs to its creator. But I also believe that a license for use and sharing, like the creative commons license is an excellent idea. It allows the IP holder to assign rights as they please. For example, I do NOT license commercial use of anything of mine without someone paying me, but I'm happy for scrappers to use my templates, texts or pictures for inspiration or personal use in any way. Scraplifting is perfectly permissible!

You are free:

  • to Share -- to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work
  • to Remix -- to make derivative works

Under the following conditions:

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

  • For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the license terms of this work.
  • Any of these conditions can be waived if you get permission from the copyright holder.

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