Creative Commons-Thing 7

I have just explored some of the Creative Commons webpage and the information was more accessible than I feared. I enjoyed trying all the options on the Choose a licence page http://creativecommons.org/choose

I have learned from experience that if I choose the “Text” tab at the top of the Edit Post box (in WordPress) I can copy HTML code into my post and then if I click on the “Visual ” tab I can see the picture.

For this swan picture I found on http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Svan_(9384725769).jpg  I clicked on  the “use this file ” link on the left of the picture  then copied the HTML/BBCode. I clicked on the Text tab at the top of the text box for the post and pasted the text into the post. I then clicked on the Visual tab and the picture appeared in my post and when you use the mouse to hover over the picture you get details of who took the photo and the kind of creative commons licence it has

I copied and pasted the image of the Swan below  and then clicked in the top left of the picture to reveal an edit button. In Edit options I  entered details of Attribution and the Creative commons licence the picture was made available under in the Caption box.

Attributed to Fredrik Alpstedt. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Svan_(9384725769).jpg

The Creative Commons webpages suggest that if I want to add my own licenced content to the web an easy way to do so is to use its easier to share it with an existing community eg Flikr or Wikimedia:

Flickr is a popular photo- and video-sharing site that has enabled Creative Commons licenses. The easiest way to post images online with a CC license is to let Flickr handle all the hosting, posting, and licensing for you (unfortunately this is not available via  on most NHS pcs)

The CC  Licence for the Reflection picture on thing 13 has a

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs
CC BY-NC-ND

This license is the most restrictive of the Creative Commons six main licenses, only allowing others to download your works and share them with others as long as they credit you, but they can’t change them in any way or use them commercially.