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Actually I have no problem with CC0, as matt4077 explained in a sibling comment, it seems pretty solid. I'm just concerned that people who aren't that intereste
by adrusi 12y ago
Actually I have no problem with CC0, as matt4077 explained in a sibling comment, it seems pretty solid. I'm just concerned that people who aren't that interested in licensing but want to make their work as available as possible will choose the public domain option (intended for photos whose copyrights have expired) over the CC0 option.
- maxerickson 12y agoSure. I was trying to point out why people might take issue with your comment. CC0 appears in the headline and URL, and one of the early paragraphs of the link says this: But we’ve heard from our community that we’re missing two important designations: Public Domain and Creative Commons 0 (CC0). Many members of our community want to be able to upload images that are no longer protected by copyright and correctly tag them as being in the Public Domain, or they want to release their copyright entirely under CC0. So it was odd for you to not mention CC0 at all in your comment. (I've edited the last paragraph in an attempt to be less abrasive)
- ghaff 12y agoOr, presumably, which were never copyrighted as in the case of "A United States government work is prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties." http://www.usa.gov/copyright.shtml http://www.usa.gov/copyright.shtml It's probably also worth noting in this discussion that (as per the referenced link) subjects in the photos may have privacy or publicity rights for photos used for commercial (non-editorial) purposes.
- DannyBee 12y agoContractors that prepare works for the US government can own copyright, and since most of the work for the government is now contracting, this doesn't buy a ton.