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Unsplash is a great resource. It's important to point out that "free" and "royalty-free" aren't the same thing. Unsplash images are actually in the public doma
by df3 10y ago
Unsplash is a great resource.
It's important to point out that "free" and "royalty-free" aren't the same thing. Unsplash images are actually in the public domain, whereas "royalty-free" is a license type where an image can be used multiple times for one payment.
- gmfawcett 10y agoThey are not in the public domain. They are licensed under "Creative Commons Zero," which is not the same thing.
- deleted 10y ago[deleted]
- albedoa 10y agoThe CC0 page[1] on the Creative Commons website is in the Public Domain section and describes CC0 as a method of contributing works to the public domain. 1. https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc...
- cyphar 10y agoIf you read that page, it also explains that it also has a fallback to a very permissive copyright licence in cases where you cannot release a work to the public domain. Not all countries have a concept of public domain, and many that do have arbitrary restrictions applied to it. In fact, this is one of the reasons you should use CC0 rather than just saying "public domain" or using something like the Unlicense.