[Clipart] were there any really great reasons for PD at openclipart?

[Nicu Buculei]

Greg Bulmash wrote:
> There have been works I considered donating and then didn't because I 
> feel a little too personally attached to them and want credit for them 
> when they're displayed.  For example, my suicidal giraffe was drawn in 
> Inkscape, but it's something where I want credit, so no PD.
> 
> http://www.brainhandles.com/2008/07/14/suicidal-giraffe-cartoon/

But see, that is not *clipart*, is a cartoon, a complete composition 
including some witty text (nice one, BTW).

It would be clipart if you would have submitted only the giraffe (no 
tree, no rope, no text balloon) and I believe you would be more 
comfortable with PD for that.

> There are others which I paid other artists to draw and which I believe 
> have commercial value.  It'll be years before I relinquish them to the 
> public domain.

Sure, we don't want to force anybody. People are free to contribute what 
and when they like. I also create a lot of stuff with other licenses and 
publish it on other locations.

> On the other hand, CC licensing them with non-commercial and attribution 
> properties could be good promo to help me get some valuable backlinks in 
> the neverending SEO wars.

But CC-NC is *not free*, which is against the goals of this library.

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