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Terms of use

The terms on which this website’s writing is offered. The short version: the writing on the site is licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0; the published books are not.

Last updated: 2026-05-27

What I write is offered as a gift

Both the writing on this site and the published books are offered under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. Some rights reserved. This means you are free to read, share, quote, adapt, and build on the work, provided you:

  • Give appropriate credit (cite me and link back to the source),
  • Indicate if you have made changes,
  • Do not use the work for commercial purposes – please do not resell what you have received as a gift,
  • Distribute any derivative work under the same licence.

The principle is the one set out in The Manifesto: my word is my gift, and the Quantum Poet gives it forward. If you are unsure whether a particular use is in keeping with the licence, write and ask.

Buying the books

The CC licence does not prevent me from selling the books, and it does not prevent you from buying them. The published volumes – Keystones in the Patterns of Place, A Boy Called Wild, and the four Quantum Poetry volumes collected in Inkblot Moon – are available in hardback, paperback, and Kindle from Amazon, Bookshop.org, Hive, Waterstones, Blackwell’s, Barnes & Noble, your local independent bookshop, or direct from Keystone Publications as signed copies. Buying a copy supports the work, but reading it as a gift is also entirely welcome.

Third-party content

Some pieces on this site quote from or link to works by other writers. Those works are copyrighted by their authors and used here for commentary and criticism under fair dealing. If you are a rights-holder and would like a particular passage attributed differently or removed, please write to [email protected].

Images

Photographs of Marcus Demetrius Link are © Marcus Demetrius Link. Book covers and product imagery are © Keystone Publications. Other images on the site are either Creative Commons licensed (with the licence noted), in the public domain, or used under fair dealing. If a specific image is in copyright and you believe it is not properly attributed, please tell me.

No warranty

The writing on this site is offered as a record of one writer’s thinking. It is not professional, financial, medical, ecological, legal, or psychological advice. Use your own judgement. Marcus Demetrius Link accepts no liability for any consequence of acting on what you read here.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. Any dispute relating to them will be resolved in the courts of England.

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