Thursday, November 26, 2009

Creative Commons

(a) The Get With It!! …More Web 2.0 Technologies program has been licensed under a Creative Commons Atrribution-Noncommercial 3.0 New Zealand Licence. This allows others to remix, tweak and build upon the work non-commercially but their new works must acknowledge North Shore Libraries as the author and they must be non-commercial. Derivative works do not need to be licensed on the same terms.

(b) I found this photo of a sparrow by Nick Chill on Flickr. It has an Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 Generic Creative Commons licence which means it can be shared (copied) on condition that it is attributed to the licensor and is not used for commercial purposes. It may not be altered or transformed in any way. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3434/3395546202_e3a488980d_t_d.jpg

Creative Commons enables writers and photographers to publish their work online on clearly stated terms. This encourages more people to share their work and allows greater flexibility of use while still maintaining copyright.

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