Can I distribute third party Images which are under CreativeCommons-Attribution license, with my templates?

Question

I am a template designer and I am often in need of good photos and images to decorate my Templates and Themes. Flickr has images under several types of CreativeCommons licenses (like ShareAlike, NoDerives, Non-Commercial etc)

My Question is can I use the Flickr Images which are only under CC-Attribution license to distribute with my Commercial Templates. I will also supply a text file mentioning their credit so that it wont violate the license

Thanks Orion

Answer 1

The short answer is yes, you can use the images. The long answer is that there are several subtle issues about what does and does not constitute sufficient attribution, and some other minor restrictions on their use. If you don't understand those subtleties, you should seek the advice of a lawyer.