Copyright information and image licensing

The images on this web site and most of those supplied with Deeproot Plant Base software are the copyright of Deeproot. Some pictures supplied with the software are by permission of other contributors, who retain the copyright. A few pictures supplied with the software are "Public Domain" and so are copyright free with no restrictions on their use.

Every image in the database has easily displayed ownership information (right click on image/Picture details). If it does not state "Public Domain", then it subject to normal copyright.

For images by Deeproot; non-commercial use by private individuals for personal purposes only is allowed, otherwise they may not be reproduced in any form for commercial use, without our prior consent but are available as licenced stock photographs. The pictures may either be exported from Plant Base, download from this web site or supplied separately by us.

However a special concession may apply to garden designers, landscape architects, environmental consultants and similar professionals. We allow "limited-copy" commercial use of plant photographs, where permission to use them can be assumed. This allows their inclusion as part of a design specification, client proposal or similar document which will not be widely distributed but rather prepared for a particular customer. For this purpose no license fee is payable, although they are still covered by our license conditions and all images used should be credited to us with a clear copyright statement (© Deeproot Plant Base). The same image may be used in different documents for other specific projects but not reproduced to create a standard "catalogue" or for general advertising, etc. Any reproduction for business use, which involves a significant number of copies or is not for specific clients, is regarded as normal commercial use as below.

For all other commercial use, reproduction of images electronically or printed, requires payment of a license fee. See the image pricing page or contact us for details of our affordable, competitive and flexible licensing arrangements.