Definitions of the boundaries of the public domain in relation to copyright, or intellectual property more generally, regard the public domain as a negative space, that is, it consists of works that are no longer in copyright term or were never protected by copyright law.
@cemkalyoncu it is correct that a game that accepts cc-by-sa 3 but not cc-by 3, would not be able to use cc-by 3 art without changing it. This is because 4. a. prohibits sublicensing of the original work.
The inability to re-license unchanged cc-by 3 art is a good thing (legally) in my eyes, because it (legally) prevents people from spreading cc-by 3 art, claiming that it is cc-by-nc-nd art.
When I create work under cc-by 3, I would be fine with the original being distributed in original form under cc-by-sa 3, however I would be offended, if it was distributed in original form under cc-by-nc or cc-by-nd (because I dispise these licenses).
(I am not sure that CC0 prohibits re-licensing the original work but I would be surprised.)
nubux: they are very good. The seem like healthy, happy, friendly children.
The children are in the game, however they do nothing but run around [video] (in a Fallout-2-style-manner :) ). I think they are waiting for thieir rat-infested school to be clear again. On the other hand: there are no teachers in there.
Hi, I like the game! The tiles are nice. I asked the author whether I can put them on opengameart :) If you hadn't given credit to him, I would not have found them.
Thanks for giving credit to the art from here and also letting us know! very kind!
Some licenses implicitly imply that you release it on other licenses as well.
From a legal standpoint, this is probably incorrect. CC0 and CC-BY for example prohibit re-licensing the original. I agree however, that the search is problematic for people who don't know about the license details.
A little feedback (when choosing the license). Click CC-0 and CC-BY is selected as well. (But only CC-0 is saved)
I don't understand that one.
Secondly, a small help page on license could be helpfull to some people.
Absolutely! One example for this is freesound.org/help/faq/#licenses. We seem to already have a section that has such a function: "I'm a commercial (closed-source) game developer. Can I use this art?" on opengameart.org/content/faq. We can add a "?" link to it from the license form widget.
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain#Definition
My thinking is: if a work is not protected by copyright, a license cannot be applied to it, as it depends on copyright.
@cemkalyoncu it is correct that a game that accepts cc-by-sa 3 but not cc-by 3, would not be able to use cc-by 3 art without changing it. This is because 4. a. prohibits sublicensing of the original work.
The inability to re-license unchanged cc-by 3 art is a good thing (legally) in my eyes, because it (legally) prevents people from spreading cc-by 3 art, claiming that it is cc-by-nc-nd art.
When I create work under cc-by 3, I would be fine with the original being distributed in original form under cc-by-sa 3, however I would be offended, if it was distributed in original form under cc-by-nc or cc-by-nd (because I dispise these licenses).
(I am not sure that CC0 prohibits re-licensing the original work but I would be surprised.)
nubux: they are very good. The seem like healthy, happy, friendly children.
The children are in the game, however they do nothing but run around [video] (in a Fallout-2-style-manner :) ). I think they are waiting for thieir rat-infested school to be clear again. On the other hand: there are no teachers in there.
PS: license.txt
Hi, I like the game! The tiles are nice. I asked the author whether I can put them on opengameart :) If you hadn't given credit to him, I would not have found them.
Thanks for giving credit to the art from here and also letting us know! very kind!
Can you change the text to:
So it mentions the names of the artists and the license, please?
Ok, time for level 3..
@Mumu awesome! :D (and awesome use of the canons :) ).
I have my doubts that you may take Charles_Stewart_Parnell,_portrait_1885 or 16x16-dungeon-tiles and redistribute them without modifications under CC-BY or CC-BY-SA.
Thanks! I hope to hear about you posting your works here on your podcast! :D
(And I hope to see works from OpenGameArt in your games in the future!)
From a legal standpoint, this is probably incorrect. CC0 and CC-BY for example prohibit re-licensing the original. I agree however, that the search is problematic for people who don't know about the license details.
I don't understand that one.
Absolutely! One example for this is freesound.org/help/faq/#licenses. We seem to already have a section that has such a function: "I'm a commercial (closed-source) game developer. Can I use this art?" on opengameart.org/content/faq. We can add a "?" link to it from the license form widget.
Great!
@Danimal totally agreed about 5th Element. But I'm sure every yellow hover taxi would. :)
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