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I have decided to drop the copyright I had, and adopt a Creative Commons 4.0 International license to protect the content here.  The reason is that CC gives the users/readers more freedom here, and it actually protects the content more with a recognized and legal license.

The truly great thing about Creative Commons licenses, is that you can customize them to suit you personally.  You can decide what freedoms and limitations people have with your work through some simple settings you select when creating your license.

The specific license I chose was a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International.


Note the three terms listed in that license name (quoted text is CC's own summary):

Attribution -  "You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use."

Very simple and easy to understand language. 


Non-Commercial - "You may not use the material for commercial purposes."

This was added to prevent what happened with the copycat blog trying to mimic this blog for advertising money.


No Derivatives - "If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material."

I added this to stop the spread of misinformation, to stop people (like those that run Low End Mac) from latching on to my work, then adding ignorance to it.

If you feel you have worthy things to contribute to any and all content here, please feel free to contact me and ask permission.  If I find your additions sound and accurate, I will allow them.


A big thank you to Creative Commons for their nonprofit work.


Want to add a Creative Commons license to your work?  Create one here.
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2 comments:

  1. Dan21 January 2014 at 22:47

    Ah, you got your CC license to display properly. For some reason mine displays in ugly ALL CAPS. I'll have look in my template for the offending something.

    If you need motivation to write, upgrade to Debian Jessie. Every update gives me a new surprise, like yesterday Iceweasel's location and search bars stopped working. I'm trying not to get mad ;)

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    1. zen26 January 2014 at 06:36

      Must have been an error in the automated html. Just change the code manually.

      Mine at the bottom has no original code in it, I simply used it as an example, because I wanted the blog URL in the license statement. I also made the license name/link bold.

      If you're still having issues, just copy my code from the page source, and sub-in your blog and specific license url.

      By the way... I noticed a few days back that you don't protect your content from others making money off it. I'm sure if there is money to be had off of your writing that you should get it.

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