وضع -Jon Sullivan (PD Photo.org)-، وهو المؤلف، هذا العمل في النِّطاق العامِّ. يسري ذلك في كل أرجاء العالم. في بعض البلدان، قد يكون هذا التَّرخيص غيرَ مُمكنٍ قانونيَّاً، في هذه الحالة: يمنح Jon Sullivan (PD Photo.org) الجميع حق استخدام هذا العمل لأي غرض دون أي شرط ما لم يفرض القانون شروطًا إضافية.
Sullivan has stated: "You may use this image for any purpose, including commercial. As the owner I have explicitly placed it in the public domain. If you do use it, please consider linking back to pdphoto.org. Use it for whatever you want. Use it all. Sell it. Mangle it. Whatever you want. Please. But it would be polite to let me know so I can at least enjoy whatever creative use you're putting it to. This doesn't mean that you can take the material and then copyright it yourself. It’s in the public domain and that’s where I want it to stay."
Attention: not all pictures from pdphoto.org are in public domain! Please check the metadata on the source before applying this license tag.
*Beschreibung: Bild einer Kirsche *Quelle: http://pdphoto.org/PictureDetail.php?mat=pdef&pg=7912 *Fotograf oder Zeichner: ??? *Datum: 24.1.2004 *Lizenzstatus: Public Domain Uploaded from German Wikipedia.