From time to time, people ask me if they can use the content of my posts in another venue or another format. To make that possible, today I released all the text of all my posts under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license. You’ll see that declaration on the footer of every page of my site.

What does that mean?

• I’m releasing the text of each post, not the images. That’s because I license most of the images myself and don’t have the legal right to re-license them.
• You can copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format. Want to take the text and put it in a course, or another website, or an app, or a comic book? Knock yourself out.
• You can adapt the material. If you want to translate it, illustrate it, build on it — go for it.
• You can’t use it for commercial purposes under this license. I’m very open to my content being used for commercial purposes, but we need to work out the terms together.
• You need to attribute the original work. That means identifying me as the original author, linking to the original post or page, and clearly indicating if changes were made.
• You’ve got to release your version under the same license. If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.
• You can’t add restrictions that stop people from doing any of the above things that are permitted by the license.

Take a look at the full license text for the complete picture. In particular, note the following:

No warranties are given. The license may not give you all of the permissions necessary for your intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how you use the material.

Lastly: it’s optional, but if you do use the content, I’d love to hear about it. You can always email me at ben@werd.io.