Jenny Everywhere

Jenny Everywhere
The original sketched image of "The Shifter," released into the public domain by Steven Wintle.
Publication information
First appearance	Early 2002
Created by	Steven Wintle, various
In-story information
Notable aliases	The Shifter

Jenny Everywhere, also known as "The Shifter", is an open-source, freely licensed character, originally created by Canadian comic book artist Steven Wintle. The character was co-developed by members of the Barbelith online community.

Jenny Everywhere was specifically created when her creators could not find any other truly open-source or public domain characters. She is described both as existing in every reality and being able to shift between realities. This gives the character the ability to be inserted into the continuity of any existing or new work, such as various comics and webcomics. The concept may be extended to other media as well.

On creating the character, Steven Wintle described her by saying:

She has short, dark hair. She usually wears aviation goggles on top of her head and a scarf around her neck. Otherwise, she dresses in comfortable clothes. She is average size and has a good body image. She has loads of confidence and charisma. She appears to be Asian or Native American. She has a ready smile.

He went on to describe her as "if Tintin listened to Le Tigre and joined the Fantastic Four. She's excitable, passionate, attentive, curious, and caring. Like Captain Marvel, she's just a really powerful kid." Jenny's creation was in part inspired by Octobriana.

The creators of the character insist that any work involving her must include the following text: "The character of Jenny Everywhere is available for use by anyone, with only one condition: This paragraph must be included in any publication involving Jenny Everywhere, that others might use this property as they wish. All rights reversed." This does not mean everything with Jenny Everywhere is free-use and uncopyrighted, and people may still maintain copyrights on their own unique characters and character styling, story, artwork, and title. The "All Rights Reversed" portion refers to the character's name, her characteristics, and the idea of the character is uncopyrightable, as Jenny Everywhere "belongs to everyone".