Hey folks!

Some of you may have noticed that in some cases it takes a while for a particular piece of art to be approved.  Generally, we're trying to resolve some licensing questions so we know we can legally post the work.  Here's how you can help:

• If you're posting a work by someone other than you (or an anonymous public domain work), leave a source link in the description so we can go check it out.
• If you're submitting a musical piece or a textured 3D model, we need to know where your samples and textures came from.  Many sites that distribute free sound samples or textures have odd license clauses that render them incompatible with the Libre licenses we support on this site.  In many cases, if you contact the original creator of a texture or sample, they'll be willing to relicense their work so that you can post your art here.
• Don't include a licensing restriction in the description of your submittion that the license(s) you selected don't allow for.  The most common of these is "for noncommercial use only," which is incompatible with every license here, although any restriction on the manner a work can be used (save for a generic assertion of moral rights, which can vary from country to country) is generally incompatible with the license choices here on OGA.  Please note that your moral rights are maintained whether you specifically mention them or not, although sometimes it's a good idea to mention it if you intend to enforce them.
• Anonymous submissions are fine with us; we want to make things as convenient as possible, including for people who would prefer not to disclose their contact information.  Just understand that, if you submit a work anonymously and we have a question, we have no way of reaching you, so we may never be able to post your artwork.  If you've posted an anonymous submission that hasn't been approved, we'd love to talk to you on IRC (see the top right corner of the page) so we can resolve the issue and post the work.
• If you've been submitting art regularly, we often give you permission to skip the moderation process.  This is something we have to do manually, though, so sometimes we might miss someone.  If you're a regular contributor and your art isn't showing up in the archive immediately, prod us about it on IRC or on the contact form.

We know licensing is crazy and confusing.  It took us quite a while (and many hours of research) to determine what we can and can't accept.  Most people (the ones who aren't insane enough to tackle running a medium-sized website) don't have the time to dig around through arcane licensing documents, so we're always happy to answer any licensing questions you might have.  Feel free to post on the forums or talk to us in our IRC channel if you have any questions.

Peace!

Bart