How to Apply the Creative Commons License to Flickr Photographs

If you have photographs on Flickr that you want to license under Creative Commons, follow these steps:

1. Log in to your Flickr account. 2. Click on "You" on the top menu, then select "Photostream." 3. Select the photo you want to license under Creative Commons by clicking on it. 4. Click on the "Actions" button (represented by a small icon with three dots), located at the bottom-right corner of the photo, and select "Edit Photo." 5. Scroll down to the "Privacy & Permissions" section, and select "Change" next to "All Rights Reserved." 6. Select the Creative Commons license you want to apply to the photo by clicking on the drop-down menu next to "License." 7. Choose the appropriate license, depending on your preferences and the intended use of your photo. For example, if you want to allow others to use your photo for any purpose, even commercially, choose the "Attribution CC BY" license. If you want to allow others to use your photo for non-commercial purposes only, choose the "Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC" license. 8. Click on "Save" to apply the Creative Commons license to your photo.

Note that Creative Commons licenses are non-revocable, meaning that once you apply a license to your photo, others can continue to use it under the same terms, even if you decide to remove the license later on. Therefore, make sure to choose the appropriate license for your photo and consider the potential uses and implications of licensing your work under Creative Commons.