You've got a cool project there. The demo looks extremely solid. That said, OGA can't officially throw its weight behind your project, as it makes use of a copyrighted character.
Mind you, I realize you're planning on replacing the Sega art with original art, which is a good start, but as long as the main character is recognizeable as Sonic (even if you, say, make him green and creatively misspell his name), you're not on safe legal ground. If you're willing to rename your project and create original characters, there's a good chance we can officially offer you some assistance. If you'd rather not, you're still free to discuss your project on our forum, and even look for artists here -- it's just that, as it stands, it's outside of our official scope.
Anyway, we're glad to have you here. Stick around, and feel free to drop by our IRC channel too. :)
I actually noticed and fixed the admin forums problem yesterday. For the time being, no forum posts will go to twitter until I can figure out a way to filter them.
I didn't change anything about it. While I may delete posts at times, I don't change someone else's post without their explicit permission, because I don't want to misrepresent what they said. I'm not sure what would have triggered that email, but I can tell you that it definitely wasn't me.
As for my criticism, the wording of your post suggests that we receive a lot of requests like that, and we're annoyed or exasperated with them. Honestly, the main problem is with your first paragraph. Opening by saying that no one is going to pay attention to the post or take it seriously is off-putting. You might also consider using some more positive phrasing, like "here's how you could improve your request", rather than "here's where you messed up".
You're welcome to *request* that people not use your work in commercial software, but we don't accept noncommercial requirements here, because that renders it incompatible with most Open Source software. At this point, we have the following options:
* Re-word your description and say that you'd *prefer* that people not use the work in commercial software, as opposed to requiring that.
* Take the work down.
In general, it's somewhat shaky ground for a non-open-source project to make use of CC-BY-SA or GPLed works, as they have to provide a very clear separation between the game engine (which might be closed source) and the art assets (which might be open source). Hence, the chances of your work being used in an exploitative way by a commercial developer is very low, because generally if they're not interested in open source, they'll leave it alone.
Anyway, I'll check back here in a day or so. Please let me know what you'd like to do. If we don't get a clarification soon, I'm going to have to de-publish this work.
...and welcome aboard!
You've got a cool project there. The demo looks extremely solid. That said, OGA can't officially throw its weight behind your project, as it makes use of a copyrighted character.
Mind you, I realize you're planning on replacing the Sega art with original art, which is a good start, but as long as the main character is recognizeable as Sonic (even if you, say, make him green and creatively misspell his name), you're not on safe legal ground. If you're willing to rename your project and create original characters, there's a good chance we can officially offer you some assistance. If you'd rather not, you're still free to discuss your project on our forum, and even look for artists here -- it's just that, as it stands, it's outside of our official scope.
Anyway, we're glad to have you here. Stick around, and feel free to drop by our IRC channel too. :)
Bart
Love these tiles. :)
Bart
Awesome work!
Tagged as Featured Art. :)
Bart
I actually noticed and fixed the admin forums problem yesterday. For the time being, no forum posts will go to twitter until I can figure out a way to filter them.
Bart
I didn't change anything about it. While I may delete posts at times, I don't change someone else's post without their explicit permission, because I don't want to misrepresent what they said. I'm not sure what would have triggered that email, but I can tell you that it definitely wasn't me.
As for my criticism, the wording of your post suggests that we receive a lot of requests like that, and we're annoyed or exasperated with them. Honestly, the main problem is with your first paragraph. Opening by saying that no one is going to pay attention to the post or take it seriously is off-putting. You might also consider using some more positive phrasing, like "here's how you could improve your request", rather than "here's where you messed up".
Bart
Everything looks good now. Sorry for the trouble. :)
Bart
I didn't even notice that...
You're welcome to *request* that people not use your work in commercial software, but we don't accept noncommercial requirements here, because that renders it incompatible with most Open Source software. At this point, we have the following options:
* Re-word your description and say that you'd *prefer* that people not use the work in commercial software, as opposed to requiring that.
* Take the work down.
In general, it's somewhat shaky ground for a non-open-source project to make use of CC-BY-SA or GPLed works, as they have to provide a very clear separation between the game engine (which might be closed source) and the art assets (which might be open source). Hence, the chances of your work being used in an exploitative way by a commercial developer is very low, because generally if they're not interested in open source, they'll leave it alone.
Anyway, I'll check back here in a day or so. Please let me know what you'd like to do. If we don't get a clarification soon, I'm going to have to de-publish this work.
Peace,
Bart
Very nice!
Yes.
I'll try to get in touch with the author and see if he'll be willing to distribute it without the texture.
Bart
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