The current
snapshot set that you see in the Snapshots
panel is always your
private set (or a private copy
of a shared set). To share it with the outside world, click the
Share button in the SymmetryMill toolbar.
That will display the
Share dialog, which lets you specify how you want to share your patterns: publicly, with the
community at large, or a group of people of
your choice. You can choose the latter by selecting the
Unlisted checkbox. In
either case, you will automatically create a homepage for your shared set on
the Artlandia website and receive a permanent link (permalink) to that
page once the sharing is complete.
A
new Public set will be listed on
Pattern Central
and on top of the
Most Recent page,
where the patterns have the best chance to be discovered and rated by the community.
The set will also appear on more specialized pages that you (or Artlandia
moderators) select by specifying
Tags.
Click the Add details button in the Share dialog to add Tags and other relevant information.
A link to your publicly shared patterns along with
Comments that you supply in
the Share dialog will also appear on
Twitter and possibly on other social networks.
To be notified of new shared sets, you may choose to
follow symmetrystream on Twitter:
Unlisted sets are not advertised or linked from any public
page on the Artlandia website. However, you can still place a link to
your patterns on your own website or forward the link to your friends, collaborators,
class, or any other group of people of your choice.
Unlisted sets are also convenient if you want to preview your pattern homepage before
making it public.
You can edit your shared set or change its distribution from Unlisted to
Public (or from Public to Unlisted) at any time.
To edit your shared set:
- Load your shared patterns in SymmetryMill.
- Add or remove snapshots, if you wish.
- Click the Share button.
- Optionally, edit the pattern information in the Share dialog.
- To change the distribution of your patterns, select (or deselect) the Unlisted checkbox.
- Click the Update Info button (or the Update button, if you also updated the pattern set).
Note: Limiting distribution of a public item will remove links to the
item from the community area on the Artlandia website, but will not necessarily
remove all the references to the item on the internet.
Material updates
of a shared set re-submit your comments to social
networks and bring the set back on top of the
Most Recent page, but they
also remove ratings and all other distinctions, such as
Featured Pattern,
that your set may have accumulated. A material update is one that adds a new
pattern. On the other hand, the following are not considered material updates and
will not remove the ratings and distinctions:
- Edits of comments, tags, and other pattern information in the Share dialog
- Deletion of a snapshot
- Addition of a duplicate snapshot
By selecting the
Make a new derivative set checkbox in the Share
dialog, you can create a new and improved shared set and yet preserve all
the ratings in the old set.
The Make a new derivative set checkbox is available only for patterns that you own.
To remove a shared set:
- Load your shared patterns in SymmetryMill.
- Click the Share button.
- Click the Remove (Make Private) button.
You can remove only shared sets that you yourself authored.
Derivative works
Patterns created from an original source image may be considered "derivative
works" under the U.S. and international copyright laws. When sharing your work
created from someone else's images, you should always consider if your use
of the original image complies with applicable laws and is permissible.
Consult a qualified copyright attorney if in doubt. Here are a few starting
pointers:
- Wikipedia: Derivative work
- Wikimedia Commons: Derivative works
- Chilling Effects: Derivative works
