Questions tagged [creative-commons]

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What does derivative work mean in the context of websites?

If a website uses pictures on some pages that are under cc-by-sa. The images have been modified slightly to fit into the page. What is the derivative work? only the images themselves only the part of the page that uses the image (i.e article copy,…
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Ever use a photoshop brush in a commercial design? How do you attribute credit back?

I'm looking at increasing my photoshop brush collection and I keep coming across this license: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 for example on this page: http://qbrushes.net/grunge/hi-res-mess/ The license asks for attribution back, well if…
Nate
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Large file editing and versioning for non-programmers

As part of a collaborative Creative Commons project, I would like to allow editors to contribute by editing a relatively large text file: ~8 Mb, ~100k lines. Ideally, contributions would be git pull requests that the project administrator (aka: me)…
Régis B.
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Can you read an Ibook on a PC?

Actually this part of a broader aim on my part. I would like to be able to download free stuff from the Itunes web site and run it on my PC - this covers Ibooks (free), podcasts and courses of various kinds. One of my user groups said it isn't…
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Are free stock imagery usable in books and websites?

I see a lot of "free" stock imagery and vector graphics available on the Internet, but when I recommend such things for use on publications or websites, my clients ask me for printable licenses or any GPL/CreativeCommons declaration, but I find none…
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mediawiki how to display information on the login page on a otherwise private wiki

I have setup a private wiki with mediawiki and i'm using a Logo under the CC license so I have to cite the source and the license. Since my wiki is private and requires a login I need to find a way to display information on the login page and/or…