I’m tired of all the confusion generated by the complexities of copyright infringement that restrict the creativity of others. Part of being a human being is learning to collaborate on ideas and make something better by adding to it.

Rather than just sit on the sidelines and complain, I’m taking a side by opening up my content to others.

As long as you are NOT using my images, text, or media for personal profit, you’re free to do whatever you want. I am not alright with corporations that seek their own personal gain from the hard work of independent people, so if you’re an American company using my content, I’ll have the court system remove your earnings and donate them to charity. It’s not about the money, it’s about the honor. As for the rest of the world, I understand that to some degree, anything I post immediately becomes publicly available worldwide. If you are in a country where this kind of information isn’t as readily available and you really feel the need to steal my content, then I’m not going to stop you. My goal is to help promote and expand the audience of people getting this information, so in essence, stealing my content is still accomplishing that goal.

If you’re a single person, not affiliated with a corporate entity, you’ve pretty much got carte blanche in terms of my content. You do not have to ask my permission to copy/edit/add to/or modify my content, as long as you’re using it in a non-profit means. I would really appreciate being referenced or linked to in whatever medium that you’re using my content, but it’s not an absolute requirement.

If I start seeing my content show up in television shows, and textbooks, I might have to alter this stance, but for now, since no one has actively made a move toward stealing my content, I see no reason to punish everyone preemptively for something that might happen.