Signature Edits sample photographs — source license review
Checked: 2026-10-30

Applies to the resized derivatives DSC_2498.dng, IMG_0316.dng, IMG_4416.dng.
These photographs are NOT licensed under the application's GPL.

Source: https://www.signatureedits.com/free-raw-photos/
Full license and terms: https://www.signatureedits.com/free-raw-license-terms/

The following are excerpts from the source's license and terms, not a
replacement for the full terms linked above.

License Details:

“Signature Edits grants you an irrevocable, nonexclusive, worldwide
copyright license to download, copy, modify, distribute, perform, and use
raw files from Signature Edits for free, including for commercial purposes,
without permission from or attributing the photographer or Signature Edits.”

“This license does not include the right to compile photos from Signature
Edits to replicate a similar or competing service or to misrepresent the
authorship of these photos as your own original work.”

“For example… You can use the photos on your website design, but you CAN’T
use the photos to create a photo sharing site like our Free Raw Files page.”

Section 5 also excludes rights to:
- “Trademarks, logos, or brands that appear in Photos”
- “People’s images if they are recognizable in the Photos”
- “Works of art or authorship that appear in Photos”

“If you download photos with any of these depicted in them, you may need
the permission of the brand owner of the brand or work of authorship or
individual depending on how you use the Photo.”

Section 8 prohibits selling unaltered/minimally modified copies, including
copies only resized or altered by automatic script, and using photos to
create or contribute to a similar or competitive service. See the full
terms for the exact wording and other conditions.

Assessment for Negs:
Modification and redistribution are expressly allowed. Three free sample
inputs inside a local photo editor are not a competing RAW-photo library.
Do not market these as Negs' original photography, sell the resized copies,
expand this into a stock-photo library, or imply endorsement by the people
pictured. No model/property releases have been independently verified;
the copyright license is not a blanket release for every possible use.

Credit (appreciated by the source, not required by its copyright grant):
- DSC_2498: Skrypchenko (embedded Artist tag), via Signature Edits.
- IMG_0316: via Signature Edits; photographer not identified in source metadata.
- IMG_4416: via Signature Edits; photographer not identified in source metadata.

Prepared by resizing demosaiced linear camera RGB to a 2560 px long edge,
with lossy JPEG tiles and a DNG LinearizationTable, embedded camera preview,
as-shot white balance, camera matrix and orientation. No authorship is
claimed by Negs. The generated files do not copy GPS or camera serial tags.