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This work has been released into the public domain by its author, John O'Neill (jjron) at English Wikipedia. This applies worldwide. In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so: John O'Neill (jjron) grants anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law. |
Plain English explanation for the use of this image
- All users
I, the author, release this image into the Public Domain as Copyright Free for use worldwide.
- You may:
- copy, modify, and use this image in any way you choose.
- However, I request that you follow the guidelines and moral obligations set out below.
- You may be morally obliged, wherever possible, to:
- acknowledge John O’Neill or jjron as the creator of this image.
- acknowledge Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons as the source of this image.
- provide a hypertext link to this source image.
- make a donation or payment if you reasonably expect to financially profit from use of this image.
- You may encourage me to continue to contribute free high quality images by:
- contacting me to let me know how you have found this image useful or reused it.
- contacting me to express appreciation for donating my images to Wikipedia.
- making a gratuity or donation to help me pay for equipment and expenses in order to continue creating and submitting free images to this project;
- those using this image for personal, educational, non-profit, or other small scale purposes can contact me for details if you would like to make a donation.
- commercial users may feel obliged to make a payment to me in line with usual business expenses that are otherwise avoided by use of this image.
- you can contact me by leaving a message on my talkpage or by sending me an email.
- You may NOT:
- claim ownership, creation, copyright, or attempt to resell this image as your own work.
- alter the licensing associated with this image. I require that freedom of usage of this image and any derivatives remains in place worldwide in perpetuity.
- use this image in any way that suggests that I endorse or are in any way associated with you, your image usage, or your organisation without my prior consent.
- You should NOT use this image in any way that:
- promotes environmental degradation in any form.
- is derogatory or harmful to any human individual, community, society, or culture.
- diminishes or denigrates the sum of human knowledge.
- Please contact me if you are unsure whether your usage is in breach of this guideline.
- Alternatives
- This and/or similar images may be available in a higher quality or higher resolution format if required.
- Different licensing terms or a relicensing fee may apply for these alternative images.
- Please contact me with enquiries by leaving a message on my talkpage or by sending me an email to arrange terms.