Exactly what I'm talking about. Add 2 more lines for "modifications made" to each asset. Multiply that by 2525 assets currently used in the prototype of my game (ok, around 1/3 of those are made by me, so 1500-2000), with final version most likely including twice more than that. 2000x5 = 10000 lines, just for current version. With default font (14pt)/line spacing (1.5) for "regular documents" we get 30 lines per pages or a book of >300 pages. So, what I'm asking about is where to put this book?
Yes those are credits texts are long, but so what? So are credits in movies very long.
Well, credits in movies are not THAT long :) they list the participants - and this is what I mean by "shortened version" of the Credits screen. They don't give every actor a credit like "This Cool Guy appears in 0:13-0:17 with his face licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0 downloaded from https://opengameart.org/forumtopic/best-practices-on-crediting-a-large-a... a filter "Make Squiggly" was applied in GMIC plugin for GIMP software which is a free software licensed under GPL but does not constitute a part of the current project, the changes are made by EugeneLoza and licensed under Creative Commons Zero license, 0:26-0:33 with his face licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0 downloaded from https://opengameart.org/forumtopic/best-practices-on-crediting-a-large-a... a filter "Make Squiggly" was applied in GMIC plugin for GIMP software which is a free software licensed under GPL but does not constitute a part of the current project, the changes are made by EugeneLoza and licensed under Creative Commons Zero license and 1:12-1:16 with his face licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0 downloaded from https://opengameart.org/forumtopic/best-practices-on-crediting-a-large-a... a filter "Make Squiggly" was applied in GMIC plugin for GIMP software which is a free software licensed under GPL but does not constitute a part of the current project, the changes are made by EugeneLoza and licensed under Creative Commons Zero license, phrase "I'll be back" is authored by This Cool Guy licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0 downloaded from https://opengameart.org/forumtopic/best-practices-on-crediting-a-large-a... trimmed, cropped and normalized by EugeneLoza with changes licensed under Creative Commons Zero license, phrase "I changed my mind, I won't be back" is authored by This Cool Guy licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0 downloaded from https://opengameart.org/forumtopic/best-practices-on-crediting-a-large-a... trimmed, cropped and normalized by EugeneLoza with changes licensed under Creative Commons Zero license, phrase "I've had a change of mind" is authored by This Cool Guy licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0 downloaded from https://opengameart.org/forumtopic/best-practices-on-crediting-a-large-a... trimmed, cropped and normalized by EugeneLoza with changes licensed under Creative Commons Zero license, phrase "Ain't nobody reads credits anyway" is authored by This Cool Guy licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0 downloaded from https://opengameart.org/forumtopic/best-practices-on-crediting-a-large-a... trimmed, cropped and normalized by EugeneLoza with changes licensed under Creative Commons Zero license .... (and so on for dozens of pages, just to mention all assets created by This Cool Guy)
I'm absolutely 200% up to giving credits to all authors who helped in making of the game. Be those people who created significant assets, authored a single sound used in this game, or simply supported me with a kind word. I'm only talking about TALS format (especially the "T" as in "Title" part of it), required (recommended) by CC-BY style licenses and how to put it into game Credits without beating the original goal of saying a "huge thank you to all who made this game possible"
Indeed, I've checked the file from the link I've posted and it's fine. I'm using ZoneAlarm antivirus, also checked by VirusTotal sends the file to dozens of online antiviruses.
Note that full scan of your PC might still be a good idea. Some nasty viruses "mess with the files as they open" so if some worm crawls in your memory it may try to infect 7z, fails to, but is caught while doing so by Windows Defender. Because I-was-almost-joking about "format"; while it is technically possible, it still too silly even for Microsoft :)
Tried your https://opengameart.org/content/ps1-trees through VirusTotal - looks clean, I cannot access the file you've linked. Which antivirus marks it as dangerous? Some things like Windows Defender are just outrigt stupid (and can easily mark 7z as a virus simply because it's not Microsoft's endorced(enforced) format).
Also do a full computer scan (with the antivirus that detects the virus), maybe some nasty thing crawled in between publishing those two assets. You may need to reboot in safe mode (press F8 repeatedly during Windows boot sequence) to verify some system files.
You can read a short description here https://opengameart.org/content/faq#q-proprietary - overall GPL is good if your project is also under GNU GPL or a compatible license, but it looks like there can be a lot of details in case of a commercial/closed-source project:
You cannot incorporate GPL-covered software in a proprietary system. The goal of the GPL is to grant everyone the freedom to copy, redistribute, understand, and modify a program ... The difference between this and “incorporating” the GPL-covered software is partly a matter of substance and partly form. The substantive part is this: if the two programs are combined so that they become effectively two parts of one program, then you can't treat them as two separate programs. So the GPL has to cover the whole thing.
Exactly what I'm talking about. Add 2 more lines for "modifications made" to each asset. Multiply that by 2525 assets currently used in the prototype of my game (ok, around 1/3 of those are made by me, so 1500-2000), with final version most likely including twice more than that. 2000x5 = 10000 lines, just for current version. With default font (14pt)/line spacing (1.5) for "regular documents" we get 30 lines per pages or a book of >300 pages. So, what I'm asking about is where to put this book?
Well, credits in movies are not THAT long :) they list the participants - and this is what I mean by "shortened version" of the Credits screen. They don't give every actor a credit like "This Cool Guy appears in 0:13-0:17 with his face licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0 downloaded from https://opengameart.org/forumtopic/best-practices-on-crediting-a-large-a... a filter "Make Squiggly" was applied in GMIC plugin for GIMP software which is a free software licensed under GPL but does not constitute a part of the current project, the changes are made by EugeneLoza and licensed under Creative Commons Zero license, 0:26-0:33 with his face licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0 downloaded from https://opengameart.org/forumtopic/best-practices-on-crediting-a-large-a... a filter "Make Squiggly" was applied in GMIC plugin for GIMP software which is a free software licensed under GPL but does not constitute a part of the current project, the changes are made by EugeneLoza and licensed under Creative Commons Zero license and 1:12-1:16 with his face licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0 downloaded from https://opengameart.org/forumtopic/best-practices-on-crediting-a-large-a... a filter "Make Squiggly" was applied in GMIC plugin for GIMP software which is a free software licensed under GPL but does not constitute a part of the current project, the changes are made by EugeneLoza and licensed under Creative Commons Zero license, phrase "I'll be back" is authored by This Cool Guy licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0 downloaded from https://opengameart.org/forumtopic/best-practices-on-crediting-a-large-a... trimmed, cropped and normalized by EugeneLoza with changes licensed under Creative Commons Zero license, phrase "I changed my mind, I won't be back" is authored by This Cool Guy licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0 downloaded from https://opengameart.org/forumtopic/best-practices-on-crediting-a-large-a... trimmed, cropped and normalized by EugeneLoza with changes licensed under Creative Commons Zero license, phrase "I've had a change of mind" is authored by This Cool Guy licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0 downloaded from https://opengameart.org/forumtopic/best-practices-on-crediting-a-large-a... trimmed, cropped and normalized by EugeneLoza with changes licensed under Creative Commons Zero license, phrase "Ain't nobody reads credits anyway" is authored by This Cool Guy licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0 downloaded from https://opengameart.org/forumtopic/best-practices-on-crediting-a-large-a... trimmed, cropped and normalized by EugeneLoza with changes licensed under Creative Commons Zero license .... (and so on for dozens of pages, just to mention all assets created by This Cool Guy)
I'm absolutely 200% up to giving credits to all authors who helped in making of the game. Be those people who created significant assets, authored a single sound used in this game, or simply supported me with a kind word. I'm only talking about TALS format (especially the "T" as in "Title" part of it), required (recommended) by CC-BY style licenses and how to put it into game Credits without beating the original goal of saying a "huge thank you to all who made this game possible"
I can replicate the bug: When I try to generate credits file for the mentioned above (no cache, opened the page first time in my life :)) https://opengameart.org/content/infinimon-procedurally-generated-pokemon... I get:
I see there is also a complaint at reddit about a potentially similar problem. https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/1boc27x/opengameart_doesnt_sen... I wonder if anyone could have look into the issue?
Looks like this is the new link https://blendswap.com/blend/2200 (preview shows only hands, but name of the submission is correct)
Indeed, I've checked the file from the link I've posted and it's fine. I'm using ZoneAlarm antivirus, also checked by VirusTotal sends the file to dozens of online antiviruses.
Note that full scan of your PC might still be a good idea. Some nasty viruses "mess with the files as they open" so if some worm crawls in your memory it may try to infect 7z, fails to, but is caught while doing so by Windows Defender. Because I-was-almost-joking about "format"; while it is technically possible, it still too silly even for Microsoft :)
Tried your https://opengameart.org/content/ps1-trees through VirusTotal - looks clean, I cannot access the file you've linked. Which antivirus marks it as dangerous? Some things like Windows Defender are just outrigt stupid (and can easily mark 7z as a virus simply because it's not Microsoft's endorced(enforced) format).
Also do a full computer scan (with the antivirus that detects the virus), maybe some nasty thing crawled in between publishing those two assets. You may need to reboot in safe mode (press F8 repeatedly during Windows boot sequence) to verify some system files.
> How odd! When I open it with Windows 10's default zip manager I only see the .txt file, but opening the archive with 7zip does the trick. Thanks!
Looking at the screenshot: the files have colon symbol ":" in their names. Windows definitely won't like that.
Seems like GIMP reads these PSDs well enough (it often fails, but these are simple)
You can read a short description here https://opengameart.org/content/faq#q-proprietary - overall GPL is good if your project is also under GNU GPL or a compatible license, but it looks like there can be a lot of details in case of a commercial/closed-source project:
You cannot incorporate GPL-covered software in a proprietary system. The goal of the GPL is to grant everyone the freedom to copy, redistribute, understand, and modify a program ... The difference between this and “incorporating” the GPL-covered software is partly a matter of substance and partly form. The substantive part is this: if the two programs are combined so that they become effectively two parts of one program, then you can't treat them as two separate programs. So the GPL has to cover the whole thing.
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