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Image Licensing - How To Discuss

Writer Samuel Coleman

Image Licensing

Copyright means that we are not allowed to use images that do not belong to us. So you can't just use an image you found in Google Image Search on your page. The Creative Commons license is a legal licensing system that determines which images can and cannot be used.

Literal Meanings of Image Licensing

Image:

Meanings of Image:
  1. Statue or idol.

  2. A file that contains all the information needed to create a dynamic working copy. (See Disc Image and Image Copy.).

  3. Make a full backup of a file system or other object.

Licensing:

Meanings of Licensing:
  1. Give formal consent (usually in writing).

  2. Officially allow it.

  3. Consent to do something that is authorized.

Sentences of Licensing
  1. It was decided to license Wikipedia under the GFDL.

  2. In such a condition I was admitted to the counter.

Image Licensing