Everything on this website that specifically and solely belongs to Derek Leif--the stories, the songs, the essays, everything--is licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 International License.
In other words, this doesn't apply to the music in the "Talks With Music" page--which is by Henning Ohlenbusch--and the illustrations, which belong to other artists. You need to ask them before using those.
The "Talks Without Music" page, for example, is just Derek Leif's work...you can use that all you want. Just please, keep reading, though.
In other words: use it, distribute it, make Brooklyn Drill samples off of it, make money off of it...just say, somewhere, that you used Derek Leif's stuff, and that you send him much love. Also, consider Venmo-ing a buck or more--particularly if you make bank on any of this stuff--@derekleif.
Thank you. That is all. Use this stuff...just please, attribute it, and please, Venmo at least a buck @derekleif. Say "thank you, Derek Leif. We'll give you credit in our work, and here's a buck (or more)." Then pay it forward, and pass it on.
May joy and many ideas bloom as if that kid actually planted some of The Giving Tree's seeds, carefully trimmed its many branches, and made all he needed out of that renewable resource.
May this, in turn, allow future generations to harvest seeds from a forest of apple trees, sit under them, and feel a deep gratitude for the previous generations that borrowed this patch of land, and turned it into a vast, shaded sanctuary.
The trees will be happy.
In other words, this doesn't apply to the music in the "Talks With Music" page--which is by Henning Ohlenbusch--and the illustrations, which belong to other artists. You need to ask them before using those.
The "Talks Without Music" page, for example, is just Derek Leif's work...you can use that all you want. Just please, keep reading, though.
In other words: use it, distribute it, make Brooklyn Drill samples off of it, make money off of it...just say, somewhere, that you used Derek Leif's stuff, and that you send him much love. Also, consider Venmo-ing a buck or more--particularly if you make bank on any of this stuff--@derekleif.
Thank you. That is all. Use this stuff...just please, attribute it, and please, Venmo at least a buck @derekleif. Say "thank you, Derek Leif. We'll give you credit in our work, and here's a buck (or more)." Then pay it forward, and pass it on.
May joy and many ideas bloom as if that kid actually planted some of The Giving Tree's seeds, carefully trimmed its many branches, and made all he needed out of that renewable resource.
May this, in turn, allow future generations to harvest seeds from a forest of apple trees, sit under them, and feel a deep gratitude for the previous generations that borrowed this patch of land, and turned it into a vast, shaded sanctuary.
The trees will be happy.