OpenSource Artwork

Some of our original artwork and documentation created to promote Florida History is available for download on the Florida Historical Society website, www.myfloridahistory.org

Our vector drawing with the outline of the state of Florida can be used by teachers and authors for illustrations.   Some of the materials for download like the mask with the blue palmetto leaf requests some minor restrictions.  We request that the blue palmetto leaf to not be used for a commercial book cover since it was commissioned for that.

We request that when you publish using these materials that you give the society credit, refrain from using in direct competition to the original application, and consider the below downloads as permissive"copyleft" under the LGPL license for open source use.  It is our intent that this resource be not restricted for publishing by users but also not to be restricted to future users either so while works including the drawings may be copyright, the drawings themselves are copyleft ;).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blue Palmetto Leaf

Attached below for download are images an vector drawings of a blue palmetto leaf that was used for a book cover by the Florida Historical Society Press.  For education and promotion of Florida History we make the source image with the object mask available for download with the request that it not be used for a published book cover. 

The original was saved in corel draw 9 with conversions to adobe 'psd' and other formats.  If you are enhancing the drawing with additional layers and wish to contribute back, please contact us.

We request that when you use our images that you give the society credit and consider this material a permissive"copyleft" under the LGPL license for open source use.  It is our intent that this resource be not restricted for publishing by users but also not to be restricted to future users either so while works including the drawings may be copyright, the drawings themselves are copyleft ;).

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Florida Outline

Attached below for download are drawings for the outline of Florida.  While the black and white image (bitmap) of the outline can be useful, the vector drawings of the Florida Outline will allow illustrators to add layers of information to the outline and to resize without the resolution limitations that bitmaps (images) have.

The original was saved in corel draw 9 with conversions to adobe illustrator and other formats.  If you are enhancing the drawing in Corel Draw with additional layers and wish to contribute back, please contact us.

We request that when you publish that you give the society credit and consider this material a permissive"copyleft" under the LGPL license for open source use.  It is our intent that this resource be not restricted for publishing by users but also not to be restricted to future users either so while works including the drawings may be copyright, the drawings themselves are copyleft ;).

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