Flickr put an end to the issue of licensing photos SpaceX
Monday photo service Flickr добавил the ability to post pictures on the site is licensed under the CC0 and in the public domain. Prior to that, "Flickr" could upload photos under various Creative Commons licenses or retains full rights. Was thus put an end to the transfer of photos SpaceX in the public domain.
In February, a number of technical publications drew attention to the issue of copyright photographs of Elon Musk Space: NASA materials are property of all mankind, and SpaceX retain the rights to their photos. For the first time the problem of have EFF activist Parker Higgins. SpaceX representatives assured that it can be solved. In March, the company really started the Account < / a> on the photo service Flickr and unloaded dozens of photos licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 , which prohibits commercial use, but at the same time allows the processing and distribution in terms of attribution.
This action was criticized: it is far from the public domain, you should always specify authorship, can not, for example, to print an image on a t-shirt and sell it. For comparison, most of the photos can be used by NASA in absolutely any purpose. And indeed there are iconic photos , the rights to which belong to no one, because they made the US space agency.
Elon Musk announced the publication of photos under CC BY-NC 2.0 in his account "tweeter". "But why does not the public domain? What got to lose? "- Asked one of the members. "Good suggestion - Musk said. - We have just changed the license to fully public domain ».
Pandoomic Just changed them to full public domain- Elon Musk (elonmusk) March 21, 2015 blockquote> But on Flickr at the time it was not possible to license content under the CC0 - this option in the interface simply did not exist. Therefore, the SS badge BY-NC 2.0 of photos taken account spacexphotos changed to CC BY 2.0 . This again is not public domain, but the conditions of the license are free as possible: you can distribute content, process, including removing advantage of it. But what you have to believe in reality: the explicit instructions of the license under each of the photos or words of tweeter mask, the founder and head of the company?
Flickr is happy to now support public domain and CC0 works. http://t.co/rjuhXzLrdk (Photo: SpaceX) pic.twitter.com/ZZblBMeSaW - Flickr (Flickr) March 30, 2015 blockquote> Finally, stepped in himself "Flickr". The site many works by US government agencies, as well as a variety of museums, galleries, libraries, archives. "Flickr" supports Creative Commons since 2004. Many users have long asked to add the ability to upload images that are protected by copyright for that is under a Creative Commons 0 or in the public domain. And on Monday, these options appear. The reason was the desire of the community, but the reason was precisely the case SpaceX and внимание blogosphere . That is for holiday in the camp of supporters of free licenses need to thank your company Mask.
Now, under each photo account SpaceX on Flickr worth warning about the absence of any copyright on it.
Brief terms of use Public Domain
Information about CC0
Source: geektimes.ru/post/248228/