LPC (and other dual-license assets) and RPG Maker (MV)
LPC (and other dual-license assets) and RPG Maker (MV)
Tuesday, December 22, 2015 - 19:50
Hi all!
New in the OGA forum!
I want to ask about if is possible to use LPC and other similar-licensed content from the site with a RPG Maker MV project.
I see this art is CC-licensed, and my question is if the game code need to be licensed in GPL (something not allowed due to legal repercussions of RPG Maker proprietary code) or just keeping the same CC-license for the LPC art is enough.
Or a other way to use the assets with RM legally.
Thanks in advance for the clarification!
Hi vico,
For content which is listed under multiple licenses, you are free to pick whichever one of the licenses you want, and use the content under only those terms. CC licenses do not require code to be released under GPL, and should be totally legal to ue with RPG Maker.
However, you must be sure to follow the terms of the license you choose. One of the restrictions placed on CC-BY licenses is that you may not impose legal or technological restraints on a user's rights to exercise the CC-license. My understanding of this is that it is not legal to, for instance, release a game on the Apple app store which comes with CC-licensed material, because all content released on the Apple app store must be licensed under their own Apple license, which imposes legal restrictions beyond the CC license.
One way I've seen to get around this is to ship the app with generic or placeholder graphics, then require (advise) users to download the CC content (so that it is not distributed over the app store), and import it into their game. I'm not sure if this would work with RPG Maker though.
In case you ever see it, the OGA-BY license is identical to CC-BY except it does not contain the restriction mentioned above.
You may want to read the FAQ to clarify some of these issues. However the notes there are pretty short, and somebody has proposed some updates which (I think) are much clearer regarding these issues.
So, now, let me see if I got it right: I could release a game with MIT-based code license (compatible with enterbrain), and for the LPC/OGA i need to retain the original license (OGA or CC-BY). Right?
Another question: Suppose i want to release a game with mixed content (LPC/OGA and another author non CC). How i need to reference the LPC content in CC/OGA license?
Thanks for answers again, i want to make something but i'm very noob and afraid with legal bits.
Yes, you can use CC content in a game with code released under MIT license, but the artwork would still be covered by CC, and you have to follow its rules (e.g. attribution).
You can also mix in non CC content with no trouble. Just be sure that in your LICENSE.TXT (or whatever) you specify exactly what license applies to what content. The other stuff can be totally non-free as long as you hold the rights to use it, and you can mix it in with no problem.
So, for instance, your LICENST.TXT might say something like:
I am not legal expert, but I think that something like this would cover all your bases, including the text of each appropriate license.
Thank you so much for the reply!!