Commercial Use
Commercial Use
Thursday, September 29, 2016 - 16:18
Hello,
I'm new to this community and was looking for some portraits for my commercial game I want to publish on play store.
So the thing I need to know is can i use portraits or any other art here for my commercial game.
If so do I need to credit creator or publisher.
I was looking for art like this : http://opengameart.org/content/flare-portrait-pack-female-edition
I'm not good with licensing etc.
But when I get income from the game I'm sure going to donate to creator.
Thanks and please answer ASAP.
:D
TL;DR: yes, but additional action may be required depending on the license.
Check out this FAQ entry: http://opengameart.org/content/faq#q-proprietary It covers the "additional action" that may be required for each license pretty well. Nothing too scary; just stuff like "credit the author and share the stuff you make with it" is the most strenuous thing you'd have to do to comply with the license, but a lot of the specifics depend on the details of your project. If that doesn't clear up your question, please do not hesitate to ask for more clarification by replying here. :)
--Medicine Storm
@JhinMan: I have been working on revising the site docs and submission faqs to help clarify things around the licenses and answer questions such as yours.
If you go here:
http://opengameart.org/forumtopic/site-faqsubmission-guidelines-updatesc...
And wade through a bit of expository text, you'll find a brief run down of the various licenses supported and their terms of use.
Please note, the document is just a draft and you should definitely read through the whole thread if you are thinking of using CC-BY-SA or GPL works as there is quite a bit of further discussion of them in there.
https://withthelove.itch.io/
^Yeah, actually capbro's post is more thourough and helpful than the FAQ link. I know I put a "TL;DR:" but in order to get a real answer to your question, you're going to have to do some reading.
--Medicine Storm