@Saliv: Yeah you raise an interesting example with the case of derived work. Also, I totally get your point about not harassing folks. It's exactly what I'm concerned about, putting folks off from posting because everytime they do they get a lecture/nag about license stuff.
I guess the best I can do is try to scan the comments for the contributors other works to see if the issue has been raised to them already. I have found already that checking through an author's contributions is a good way to get a general sense of whether they may have selected CC-BY deliberately or if have they picked it not fully understanding the DRM part. I guess just because if you see someone post things under a variety of different licenses, you can inferer that they have some familiarity with the different licenses. On the other hand, like I say, sometimes you can see by the comments that the contributor is not interested in restricting their work from being used on DRM'd platforms.
Well, I guess I'm still undecided if I should proceed. Like I say, I don't want to make a pest of myself and OGA seems to have a really good culture going, I don't want to do anything to jeopordize that. On the otherhand, the DRM stuff in CC-BY is pretty widely misunderstood/missed. Argh! See I'm undecided ;)
Well, anyone have any better ideas on how to help folks better understand the disctinction between CC-BY and OGA-BY?
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 21:46
thanks, glad that was a helpful comment, like I say, anxious about becoming the license police, especially since it's really your business how you license your stuff.
Anyway, this is a really nice trifecta of 8-bit sets you've contributed, can't wait to see what comes next! :)
Ok, I feel like I'm turning into the license police (this is not the first time I have posted a comment like this) but...
Since I see you are new to OGA, I wanted to mention that CC-BY license contains a clause prohibiting use on platforms that use DRM. Since most commercial platforms (IOS, Android, PS, XBox, Steam) have some form of DRM this does limit what folks can do with your art. Of course, if (like most folks ;) you hate DRM maybe that's what you want. :) At any rate, I thought I'd mention it, since I see you are new and it's something many, many people miss when reading over the CC-BY license. Bart has created an OGA-BY license, which contains an attribution requirement but no DRM restrictions which you can use if attribution is your main concern.
Just to be clear, I'm not trying to tell you how to license your work, that's totally your decision, and you are aces in my book just for sharing no matter what the license you choose. I just thought I'd mention this, as I see you are new and it something that has tripped up many folks in the past.
Thursday, March 12, 2015 - 04:52
thanks for sharing!
Looks great and as an Amiga kid I defitinetly recognize the Turrican influence!
oh, having downloaded the set, let me ask if the font in there is your creation also?
Another tip, just a thought really, is that you might want to drop a copy of the license and the attribution instructions in the zip file. Just as a sort of 'just in case you missed it' sort of thing.
these are great! and a very complete set! thanks for sharing!
> I'm still pretty new here and not really used to how the licensing works
Since you mention your new, wanted to mention that CC-BY license contains a clause prohibiting use on platforms that use DRM. Since most commercial platforms (IOS, Android, PS, XBox, Steam) have some form of DRM this does limit what folks can do with your art. Of course, if (like most folks ;) you hate DRM maybe that's what you want. :) At any rate, I thought I'd mention it, since you said you were new to licensing stuff and it's something many, many people miss when reading over the CC-BY license. Bart has created an OGA-BY license, which contains an attribution requirement but no DRM restrictions which you can use if attribution is your main concern.
Ok, let me repeat the final caveat, that I'm not trying to tell you how to license your work, that's totally your decision, and you are aces in my book just for sharing no matter what the license you choose. I just thought I'd mention this, as you said you were new to license stuff and it something that has tripped up many folks in the past.
I 2nd cdoty's opinion that this is a nice set! Let me add that to my eye the background should go lighter to help the foreground pop better. Specifically, I would remove the darker grey bits, or maybe just lighten them up considerably. Well, just some feedback since you said this one was for practice, although I'd say if this is your practice round I can't wait to see what comes next! :)
thanks for the thoughts.
@Saliv: Yeah you raise an interesting example with the case of derived work. Also, I totally get your point about not harassing folks. It's exactly what I'm concerned about, putting folks off from posting because everytime they do they get a lecture/nag about license stuff.
I guess the best I can do is try to scan the comments for the contributors other works to see if the issue has been raised to them already. I have found already that checking through an author's contributions is a good way to get a general sense of whether they may have selected CC-BY deliberately or if have they picked it not fully understanding the DRM part. I guess just because if you see someone post things under a variety of different licenses, you can inferer that they have some familiarity with the different licenses. On the other hand, like I say, sometimes you can see by the comments that the contributor is not interested in restricting their work from being used on DRM'd platforms.
Well, I guess I'm still undecided if I should proceed. Like I say, I don't want to make a pest of myself and OGA seems to have a really good culture going, I don't want to do anything to jeopordize that. On the otherhand, the DRM stuff in CC-BY is pretty widely misunderstood/missed. Argh! See I'm undecided ;)
Well, anyone have any better ideas on how to help folks better understand the disctinction between CC-BY and OGA-BY?
thanks, glad that was a helpful comment, like I say, anxious about becoming the license police, especially since it's really your business how you license your stuff.
Anyway, this is a really nice trifecta of 8-bit sets you've contributed, can't wait to see what comes next! :)
@gnola14: thanks for putting this together!
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Another great set! Thanks for sharing!
Ok, I feel like I'm turning into the license police (this is not the first time I have posted a comment like this) but...
Since I see you are new to OGA, I wanted to mention that CC-BY license contains a clause prohibiting use on platforms that use DRM. Since most commercial platforms (IOS, Android, PS, XBox, Steam) have some form of DRM this does limit what folks can do with your art. Of course, if (like most folks ;) you hate DRM maybe that's what you want. :) At any rate, I thought I'd mention it, since I see you are new and it's something many, many people miss when reading over the CC-BY license. Bart has created an OGA-BY license, which contains an attribution requirement but no DRM restrictions which you can use if attribution is your main concern.
Just to be clear, I'm not trying to tell you how to license your work, that's totally your decision, and you are aces in my book just for sharing no matter what the license you choose. I just thought I'd mention this, as I see you are new and it something that has tripped up many folks in the past.
thanks for sharing!
Looks great and as an Amiga kid I defitinetly recognize the Turrican influence!
Call it: TurricaNES!
glad to help, and that's good news about the font, because it looks nice too!
oh, having downloaded the set, let me ask if the font in there is your creation also?
Another tip, just a thought really, is that you might want to drop a copy of the license and the attribution instructions in the zip file. Just as a sort of 'just in case you missed it' sort of thing.
these are great! and a very complete set! thanks for sharing!
> I'm still pretty new here and not really used to how the licensing works
Since you mention your new, wanted to mention that CC-BY license contains a clause prohibiting use on platforms that use DRM. Since most commercial platforms (IOS, Android, PS, XBox, Steam) have some form of DRM this does limit what folks can do with your art. Of course, if (like most folks ;) you hate DRM maybe that's what you want. :) At any rate, I thought I'd mention it, since you said you were new to licensing stuff and it's something many, many people miss when reading over the CC-BY license. Bart has created an OGA-BY license, which contains an attribution requirement but no DRM restrictions which you can use if attribution is your main concern.
Ok, let me repeat the final caveat, that I'm not trying to tell you how to license your work, that's totally your decision, and you are aces in my book just for sharing no matter what the license you choose. I just thought I'd mention this, as you said you were new to license stuff and it something that has tripped up many folks in the past.
this track rocks!
I love it!
I 2nd cdoty's opinion that this is a nice set!
Let me add that to my eye the background should go lighter to help the foreground pop better. Specifically, I would remove the darker grey bits, or maybe just lighten them up considerably. Well, just some feedback since you said this one was for practice, although I'd say if this is your practice round I can't wait to see what comes next! :)
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