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==What do the licenses mean?==

* ''Creative Commons Atrribution-ShareAlike'': This is the default license which will be ~~applied~~ to ~~your work if you contribute to this site and do not specify otherwise~~. ~~Anyone can copy and reuse~~ the work ~~for any purpose, but must give credit. If you reuse~~ the ~~content and share it, you must release it with~~ the ~~same permissions so it can be shared alike in future~~. ~~Full details~~ are ~~[https~~:~~//creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ here]~~

When you add an image to this website, you will be asked to choose a license. You retain copyright, but allow use of the work by others according to the terms of the license. The choices are:

* ''Creative Commons Atrribution'': Anyone can copy and reuse the work for any purpose, but must give credit to the author. Full details are [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ here]

* ''~~CC0 (Public domain)~~'': ~~The contributor waives all copyright~~. ~~You~~ can copy and reuse ~~this~~ for any purpose, ~~even without giving~~ credit. If you ~~are uploading~~ content with this license, use with ~~care and read~~ the details [https://creativecommons.org/~~choose~~/~~zero~~/ here] ~~first.~~

* ''Creative Commons Atrribution-ShareAlike'': This is the default license which will be applied to your work if you contribute to this site and do not specify otherwise. Anyone can copy and reuse the work for any purpose, but must give credit to the author. If you reuse the content and share it, you must release it with the same permissions so it can be shared alike in future (meaning it cannot be used in a project published with "all rights reserved"). Full details are [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ here]

* ''Creative Commons Atrribution-ShareAlike-Noncommercial'': You can copy and reuse this, but you must give credit and must not use it in any commercial project. This license prevents companies making money from your work, but beware it also prevents use by any small community project which generates income. If you reuse the content and share it, you must release it with the same permissions so it can be shared alike in future (meaning it cannot be used in a project published with "all rights reserved"). Full details are [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ here]

* ~~Creative Commons Atrribution-ShareAlike-Noncommercial~~: You can copy and reuse this, ~~but you must give~~ credit ~~and must not use it in any commercial project~~. ~~This~~ license ~~prevents companies making money from your work~~, ~~but beware it also prevents~~ use ~~by any small community project which generates income~~.

* ''CC0 (Public domain)'': The contributor waives all copyright. You can copy and reuse this for any purpose, even without giving credit. If you are uploading content with this license, use with care and read the details [https://creativecommons.org/choose/zero/ here] first.

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 ==What do the licenses mean?==
-* ''Creative Commons Atrribution-ShareAlike'': This is the default license which will be applied to your work if you contribute to this site and do not specify otherwise. Anyone can copy and reuse the work for any purpose, but must give credit. If you reuse the content and share it, you must release it with the same permissions so it can be shared alike in future. Full details are [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ here]
+When you add an image to this website, you will be asked to choose a license. You retain copyright, but allow use of the work by others according to the terms of the license. The choices are:
+* ''Creative Commons Atrribution'': Anyone can copy and reuse the work for any purpose, but must give credit to the author. Full details are [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ here]
-* ''CC0 (Public domain)'': The contributor waives all copyright. You can copy and reuse this for any purpose, even without giving credit. If you are uploading content with this license, use with care and read the details [https://creativecommons.org/choose/zero/ here] first.
+* ''Creative Commons Atrribution-ShareAlike'': This is the default license which will be applied to your work if you contribute to this site and do not specify otherwise. Anyone can copy and reuse the work for any purpose, but must give credit to the author. If you reuse the content and share it, you must release it with the same permissions so it can be shared alike in future (meaning it cannot be used in a project published with "all rights reserved"). Full details are [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ here]
+* ''Creative Commons Atrribution-ShareAlike-Noncommercial'': You can copy and reuse this, but you must give credit and must not use it in any commercial project. This license prevents companies making money from your work, but beware it also prevents use by any small community project which generates income. If you reuse the content and share it, you must release it with the same permissions so it can be shared alike in future (meaning it cannot be used in a project published with "all rights reserved"). Full details are [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ here]
-* Creative Commons Atrribution-ShareAlike-Noncommercial: You can copy and reuse this, but you must give credit and must not use it in any commercial project. This license prevents companies making money from your work, but beware it also prevents use by any small community project which generates income.
+* ''CC0 (Public domain)'': The contributor waives all copyright. You can copy and reuse this for any purpose, even without giving credit. If you are uploading content with this license, use with care and read the details [https://creativecommons.org/choose/zero/ here] first.