Image Licensing

Many of the images contained in Yachttrails are licensed under the Creative Commons licensing system.  Due to spacing issues, the licenses for these images will be directly labeled on the actual image in abbreviated text format.  You can use the following information to learn more about each license type.

We also ask that if you use any Creative Commons images, or would like to use a Creative Commons license for your images, please adhere to our labeling methods. 

How to label correctly - when uploading an image, simply insert in your image description the abbreviation that corresponds to the correct license.

Examples:  My image description PHOTO CC 2.5
                      My image description PHOTO GNU 1.2
                         My image description PHOTO CC SA 3.0


If you have any concerns or questions, feel free to email us anytime.



PD = Public Domain

GNU 1.2 / GNU / GNU FDL / GFDL = GNU Free Documentation License




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CC 1.0 / CC-BY-1.0 = Attribution 1.0 Generic

CC 2.0 / CC-BY-2.0 = Attribution 2.0 Generic

CC 2.5 / CC-BY-2.5 = Attribution 2.5 Generic

CC 3.0 / CC-BY-3.0 = Attribution 3.0 Unported

CC SA 2.5 / CC-SA-2.5 = Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic

CC SA 2.0 = Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic

CC SA 3.0 = Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported

CC NDW 2.0 = Attribution-No Derivative Works 2.0 Generic

CC NDW 3.0 = Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported



PLEASE NOTE: If the image does not have any of the above labels, or just states a credit to the author(s), the image is protected under international copyright laws.  if you wish to legally use these images you MUST get permission from the author.