Community design licensing

When a maker shares a design in the community gallery they pick one of the options below. The licence covers the design file itself and what anyone downloading it is allowed to do.

Designs made with our generators

Output from the MyLaserTools generators is yours to publish here. Sharing it does not give up your own rights to it, and it does not change what the site licence already grants you. What you choose below only governs what other people may do with the copy you publish.

Personal and commercial use

Default

The most permissive option offered. Anyone may download the design and use what they make from it, including selling the finished pieces.

You may

Cut, engrave or print the design for yourself
Sell the physical pieces you make from it
Modify the design for your own use

You may not

Resell or redistribute the design file itself
Present the design as your own work
Re-license it under different terms

Credit required (CC BY 4.0)

A standard Creative Commons licence. Broad rights, including commercial use and redistribution, on the condition that the maker is credited.

You may

Use it commercially, including selling what you make
Modify and build on it
Redistribute the design file

You may not

Omit credit to the maker
Imply the maker endorses you

Read CC BY 4.0 in full

Credit required, share alike (CC BY-SA 4.0)

CC BY with copyleft. The same broad rights, including commercial use, but anything built on the design has to be shared under this same licence rather than locked down.

You may

Use it commercially, including selling what you make
Modify and build on it
Redistribute the design file

You may not

Omit credit to the maker
Release an adaptation under more restrictive terms
Imply the maker endorses you

Read CC BY-SA 4.0 in full

Credit required, non-commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0)

For makers who want their name attached and their work kept out of commerce. Adapting and resharing is welcome, selling is not.

You may

Cut, engrave or print the design for yourself
Modify and build on it
Redistribute the design file non-commercially

You may not

Sell the pieces you make from it
Use it in any commercial product or service
Omit credit to the maker

Read CC BY-NC 4.0 in full

Credit required, non-commercial, share alike (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

The most restrictive Creative Commons option offered: credit the maker, keep it non-commercial, and pass the same terms on to anything you build from it.

You may

Cut, engrave or print the design for yourself
Modify and build on it
Redistribute the design file non-commercially

You may not

Sell the pieces you make from it
Omit credit to the maker
Release an adaptation under more restrictive terms

Read CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 in full

Personal use only

For makers who are happy to share their work but do not want it used commercially.

You may

Cut, engrave or print the design for yourself
Modify the design for your own use

You may not

Sell the pieces you make from it
Use it in any commercial product or service
Resell or redistribute the design file itself

Why there is no public domain option

A public domain dedication such as CC0 removes every condition permanently, including the ability to ask for credit or to stop the file being resold as someone else's product. Since much of what is shared here is produced with our generators, the most permissive option we offer is personal and commercial use of what you make, rather than a full giveaway of the file.

Reporting a design

Designs go live as soon as a maker publishes them, without prior review. We check them afterwards and act on reports. If you believe one infringes your rights or breaks the licence it was shared under, use the Report link on the design page, or send a formal notice through our copyright policy. See also our Terms and Privacy Policy.

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