Tuts+ Marketplace: Personal License Examples

Listed below are some examples of what the Personal License means for each category on the Tuts+ Marketplace. You should also read the precise licensing terms, and the simplified overview to understand how our licenses work.

The information presented below is provided to assist you understand our licensing regime and the ways in which you may use the products which are available for sale on the Tuts+ Marketplace. This information does not form part of the license terms. In the event there is any inconsistency between the license terms and the following information then the license terms will prevail and will be what regulates your use of the product you buy.

Important Note: Not all uses for items are listed below. If your intended use does not match any of the examples below, please refer to the license terms.

Design

Personal License Examples

Though you cannot resell or redistribute the tutorial itself, or its source files, you can use the techniques used in the tutorial in your own work, without attribution. For example:

• Adding a Photoshop text effect you have learned how to make to a poster you’re designing for a client.
• Incorporating web design techniques you’ve learned from a tutorial in a web design you intend to sell.
• Creating a vector illustration in the same style as a tutorial’s final outcome.

What’s not OK

• Redistributing the tutorial or copying it in your own tutorial.
• Redistributing or selling any source files from the tutorial (including images, PSDs and vectors).

Web Development

Personal License Examples

Though you cannot resell or redistribute the tutorial itself, or its source files, you can use the techniques used in the tutorial in your own work, without attribution. For example:

• Using a jQuery slider you have learned how to make in a web design for a client.
• Incorporating techniques learned in a PHP screencast into your latest PHP app.
• Incorporating code from tutorials into your own work.

What’s not OK

• Redistributing the tutorial or copying it in your own tutorial.
• Redistributing or selling any source files from the tutorial (such as code files).

Audio & Music

Personal License Examples

Though you cannot resell or redistribute the tutorial itself, or its source files, you can use the techniques used in the tutorial in your own work, without attribution. For example:

• Incorporating a sound you have learned how to make from a tutorial into a track you intend to sell.
• Using mixing and recording techniques you learned from a tutorial in your professional work.

What’s not OK

• Redistributing the tutorial or copying it in your own tutorial.
• Redistributing or selling any source files from the tutorial (including MP3s, WAVs and project files).

Video

Personal License Examples

Though you cannot resell or redistribute the tutorial itself, or its source files, you can use the techniques used in the tutorial in your own work, without attribution. For example:

• Using a logo reveal effect learned from a tutorial in a motion graphics project for a client.
• Using VFX techniques you’ve learned from a tutorial in a short movie you’re making and distributing.

What’s not OK

• Redistributing the tutorial or copying it in your own tutorial.
• Redistributing or selling any source files from the tutorial (including project files and movie files).

Multimedia

Personal License Examples

Though you cannot resell or redistribute the tutorial itself, or its source files, you can use the techniques used in the tutorial in your own work, without attribution. For example:

• Using a Flash preloader you learned how to make from a tutorial in a website you’re creating for a client.
• Using techniques from an ActionScript tutorial in a Flash game you’re making.

What’s not OK

• Redistributing the tutorial or copying it in your own tutorial.
• Redistributing or selling any source files from the tutorial (such as ActionScript or Flash files).

3D Graphics

Personal License Examples

Though you cannot resell or redistribute the tutorial itself, or its source files, you can use the techniques used in the tutorial in your own work, without attribution. For example:

• Using a model you learned to make in a tutorial in a game you are making.
• Incorporating lighting techniques from a tutorial in an architectural rendering for a client.

What’s not OK

• Redistributing the tutorial or copying it in your own tutorial.
• Redistributing or selling any source files from the tutorial (such as object files).

Photography

Personal License Examples

Though you cannot resell or redistribute the tutorial itself, or its source files, you can use the techniques used in the tutorial in your own work, without attribution. For example:

• Selling an HDR photo you took using techniques from a tutorial.
• Using post-processing techniques you learned from a tutorial on wedding photos you’ve taken for a client.

What’s not OK

• Redistributing the tutorial or copying it in your own tutorial.
• Redistributing, re-using or re-selling any source files from the tutorial (such as photos taken by the author).

Mobile Development

Personal License Examples

Though you cannot resell or redistribute the tutorial itself, or its source files, you can use the techniques used in the tutorial in your own work, without attribution. For example:

• Selling an app you made with techniques you learned from a tutorial.
• Using code from a tutorial in work you’re doing for a client.

What’s not OK

• Redistributing the tutorial or copying it in your own tutorial.
• Redistributing, re-using or re-selling any source files from the tutorial (such as code files).

Business

Personal License Examples

Though you cannot resell or redistribute the tutorial itself, or its source files, you can use the techniques used in the tutorial in your own work, without attribution. For example:

• Using the marketing techniques learned from a screencast on your website.
• Using a blog post idea suggested in a tutorial on your blog.

What’s not OK

• Redistributing the tutorial, copying it or paraphrasing it in your own work.
• Redistributing, re-using or re-selling any content or source files from the tutorial (such as text, video files).

eBooks

Personal License Examples

Though you cannot resell or redistribute the eBook itself, or its source files, you can use the knowledge learned from the eBook in your own work. For example:

• Creating and selling a website with the skills you learned from a web development book.
• Building a business with the principles learned from a business book

What’s not OK

• Redistributing the eBook or copying the content.
• Redistributing, re-using or re-selling any content or source files from the eBook (such as code files).