Licenses for photos. In my opinion, it is worth making up our mind

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PVOzerski, 01.02.2010 10:11

I suggest that you decide on the legal status of photo materials posted here, primarily in terms of their possible use by other people. This question is important, since the forum periodically reports that photos borrowed from here are found on other sites.

I don't see anything wrong with such borrowings (although it's easy for me to say: I haven't posted anything myself yet ), but it's clear that this probably doesn't suit everyone (especially, apparently, the lack of information about authorship). Therefore, I make a suggestion: explicitly specify the conditions under which posted photos can be used by third parties. Although these conditions are described "briefly", in my opinion, they are not very clear and, most importantly, unexpectedly (perhaps even for the authors of these conditions themselves) strict: free use is allowed only for non-commercial purposes, unless the author has indicated something else. The problem is that this text doesn't catch the eye and is published only in Russian (and people who don't speak Russian can also find pictures).

Therefore, I suggest that you designate the" default license " for the uploaded material (that is, the current one, if its author does not explicitly specify other conditions) from among the well-known ones all over the world, prominently post it on the site and consider the materials posted starting from a certain date as falling under it (and what to do with the already published content?). laid out - I can't imagine).

If you formulate the conditions, then I would first advise you to look here: http://creativecommons.org
And here it is: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html

This post was edited by PVOzerski - 01.02.2010 10: 19

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01.02.2010 10:42, barry

And how was this issue resolved in the Macro Club http://macroclub.ru ?

The question is certainly interesting, at the macro club I will try to raise a question on this topic.
It's just that really many "pulling" people don't seem to mind and indicate the authorship and ask the author, but the question immediately arises how and who to ask. If such information is not clearly visible, then not everyone has the time and desire to dig deep. The picture can also be found in Google, the site is Russian-speaking... it is clear that nothing is clear.
In my opinion, there is something like a license for flickr.com each photo has a license by default and you can write your own something). I really didn't dig deep, and I'm not good at English, but this question can be studied...

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02.02.2010 10:38, vasiliy-feoktistov

And a few months later, the guys were already cheering me on... what will you do, children they are children

Well, in my case, not children at all (grants are received for copyright apparently

) Here's a look: http://insects.botgard.uran.ru/ . That they do not have their own M. urussovi in the Urals (the species is mostly Siberian), it is mandatory to insert the Moscow region one?

put the authorship on the picture, it is better if there is an insect on the working surfaces, and you will be happy. otherwise, you will never save your copyright - they like to steal from us.

Well, this is also not an option (as Rosphoto does). It is probably necessary to count on decency after all (although it is hard to believe in it)