contributing to the creative commons
Finally got around to dedicating my digital photos online to the public domain!
What does this mean? Well, it means:
The Dedicator [that’s me] recognizes that, once placed in the public domain, the Work [the photos in my online gallery] may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, used, modified, built upon, or otherwise exploited by anyone for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and in any way, including by methods that have not yet been invented or conceived [without requiring attribution or requesting anyone’s permission in advance].
Even though it’s cool to receive emails (like this one from Sweden!) about people who’ve found my stuff:
Hello Justin!
I went through your homepage and I saw your beautiful pictures of skies. I really liked them and therefore I want to ask you if I can use one of the pictures for my homepage? Because I didn’t see any copyright or you writing it’s okay to use your pictures, I might think it was best to ask you first.
So what you say? If you wonder how I’m going to use it, it’s going to be a background..
I’ll be very grateful if you could answer soon.
Have a great day // Linda from Sweden…
It will be even cooler for people to be able to freely use my photos for whatever.
May your tribe increase! I’ve known artists to get so hung up about protecting their images that they won’t put them on the internet. I like the sharing! Thanks.