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General discussion / Copyright
« on: 29 October 2008, 12:11:16 »
I know its something very boring, but you should all think about the GAE copyright aspects .
So, what about the license of GAE?
For the code its GPL, there is no problem, but what about the models/textures?
I would prefer GPL like original glest too. What do you think?
A problem with GPL will be, that you get in trouble with textures from various (so called free) texture sites for example.
Its really a bad problem and you can get lots of trouble when you use/publish copyrighted work!( I had a little trouble with it! )
And all your work might be lost, because you used something copyrighted in it!
If you already made things ( and used any kind of media with an uncommon license ) simply ask the owner if its ok.
Thats what I did! Most of the people are happy to hear that their stuff is used and will shure give you permission to use stuff.
But there are some bad guys out there who only wants your money!!!
Here is what I currently use:
for textures ( all public domain! ):
http://www.burningwell.org ( its me who uploaded most of the texture pictures there )
for sounds:
http://www.freesound.org !!all CC-licensed!
freesound.org has lots of nice people who are usually all willing to give their sounds for every free license and you can easily ask them with there internal message system!
for music:
http://opsound.org/ !!most are CC-licensed!
Its a bit tricky to reach the owners here in some cases to ask for GPL-permission
Here is a link to ressources with proper listed licenses:
http://wiki.freegamedev.net/index.php/F ... _resources
ATTENTION for GPL we cannot use any CC(Creative Commons) licensed work!
If you want to use CC copyrighted pictures/sounds/models you must ask the owner if its OK to release his stuff with the GPL license.
So, what about the license of GAE?
For the code its GPL, there is no problem, but what about the models/textures?
I would prefer GPL like original glest too. What do you think?
A problem with GPL will be, that you get in trouble with textures from various (so called free) texture sites for example.
Its really a bad problem and you can get lots of trouble when you use/publish copyrighted work!( I had a little trouble with it! )
And all your work might be lost, because you used something copyrighted in it!
If you already made things ( and used any kind of media with an uncommon license ) simply ask the owner if its ok.
Thats what I did! Most of the people are happy to hear that their stuff is used and will shure give you permission to use stuff.
But there are some bad guys out there who only wants your money!!!
Here is what I currently use:
for textures ( all public domain! ):
http://www.burningwell.org ( its me who uploaded most of the texture pictures there )
for sounds:
http://www.freesound.org !!all CC-licensed!
freesound.org has lots of nice people who are usually all willing to give their sounds for every free license and you can easily ask them with there internal message system!
for music:
http://opsound.org/ !!most are CC-licensed!
Its a bit tricky to reach the owners here in some cases to ask for GPL-permission
Here is a link to ressources with proper listed licenses:
http://wiki.freegamedev.net/index.php/F ... _resources
ATTENTION for GPL we cannot use any CC(Creative Commons) licensed work!
If you want to use CC copyrighted pictures/sounds/models you must ask the owner if its OK to release his stuff with the GPL license.
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