Guidelines for use of content on this site

I have built my professional career on knowledge gained through self-study and other non-standard methods of education: to learn HTML and CSS by reading W3C specs, examining source code, and trial-and-error. I owe any success (and blame my failures) on those who have come before me. As such, I want to make my work as open as possible, and keep free and open code available on the Internet.

That said, being an egomaniacal prick I like to get credit for what I have a hand (albeit tacit) in creating, and would hate for anyone to be able to take credit for my own work after giving it only minor tweaks. As such, I offer all work on this site with the following license.

Code, Programs, Plugins, et cetera.

I offer all computer code under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license. This allows other developers to make use of the code, change it as necessary, and include it in commercial or non-commercial works, provided they

  1. Credit my work and, if applicable, those other from whom my work derived, and
  2. Offer their changes of the code under a sharealike license as well.

This license applies to all HTML microformats, Javascript widgets and plug-ins for various web applications, as well as compiled programs such as SWF movies, video and audio work. Should the source code for these programs not be readily available, please contact the author.

Comments, Reviews, Web log posts and other words

Verbatim copies of all written works on this site may be used in other sites as well, so long as your use does not have commercial benefit. They are offered under the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs license, although fair use provisions (such as attributed quotations) still apply. If you wish to make commercial use of any written material on this site, please contact the author.

My hope is that explicitly stating these licenses will both encourage others to learn and improve their skills, while at the same time protect me from being abused by those wishing to make a buck off of my ideas.

Questions, comments and smart remarks are always welcome.