@stove: no. You would only need to release any modifications to this song and any new songs you made that were adapted from this song, but the game itself is not a modification of the song, so it would not need to be "Shared alike"
I am inclided to believe Emcee when saying these were inspired by Megaman/Zero. That said, the side-by-side (above-below?) comparison that Theforshadower provided definitely rises to the level of "substantial similarity". It strikes me as remarkable that the one is not derived from the other. Legally speaking, in cases where such similarity exists, evidence must be shown that the earlier work was NOT referenced* when producing the later work. Failing that, would/could a "reasonable person" mistake one for the other, or say "Hey is that from Megaman?". I generally think of myself as a reasonable person and indeed I thought exactly that when I first saw this. That doesn't mean Emcee did derive these in actuality, but unless we can gain some additional insight into the process used to create these without referencing* Megaman sprites, I have to leave these flagged for now. Because reasonable people will assume the substantial similarity is due to derivation.
Emcee, any chance you have any WIP work that may shed some light on the process? Something that shows how you arrived that these results without the need for Megaman sprite references?
*Note that when I say "referenced", as I mentioned earlier in this thread, it does not require any literal copy/pasting of pixels nor even overlaying one with the other to provide proportion to be considered a "reference" and therefore derivative. Opening up the Capcom sprites and actively observing them and comparing features while creating the new sprites can still qualify as derivation.
It isn't removed. it's temporarily download-disabled. If the issues are resolved, the lock comes off. :)
All official minecraft face skins are exactly 8x8. Copy-pasting is not required to constitute derivation. Replicating even an 8x8 pixel area with just 256 colors has a 16000:1 chance-against of happening by accident. Doing so for 10+ separate icons without using the original as a reference in any way is a 160,000:1 chance-against, or in other words; it meets the legal threshold of "substantial similarity" when determining if something may or may not be a derivative work of intellectual property.
I'm not saying it definitely is a derivative. I am saying it has that potential. Which is why this was marked as having a "potential licensing issue".
Asking people to voluntarily not distribute this pack outside of a project is totally acceptable. I must ask that the "voluntarily" part be made more apparent, though.
@Yubatake: you've added a ton to this since it was first posted. Would you allow me to bump it to the top so people can see all the new stuff you've added?
As small as each of these are, I wouldn't normally be concerned with an overlap of Microsoft Intellectual Property, but most of these appear pixel-per-pixel identical to portions of the game's official skins. Again, whether that is enough to be legally problematic is debatable, but the second problem is that your extra stipulation "no redistribution unless part of a braoder project" is unenforcable and conflicts with CC0 (and all other licenses accepted on OGA). CC0 allows redistribution, even by themselves. Forbidding distribution like this makes them essentially legally unusable. I know the intent is to say "using it in your game is fine, just not outside a game", but it still creates a legal pitfall that makes it not work like that.
I don't think the absence of pointy carets and difference in texture is sufficient; Scrabluous (aka Lexulous) had even less similarity in their game board tiles than the one included in this pack, yet they were still blasted for the game board layout violating Hasbro's IP.I noticed your inclusion of individual game board tiles, and that should probably be fine, though it may help to use non-identical verbiage; "triple points!" instead of "triple letter score", etc. However, the inclusion of the full board with a layout and text identical to the Scrabble game board is likely too risky.
Account approval is unrelated to submitting art. What are you seeing when you click the "Submit Art" tab at the top of the site?
What are you saying is mandatory?
@stove: no. You would only need to release any modifications to this song and any new songs you made that were adapted from this song, but the game itself is not a modification of the song, so it would not need to be "Shared alike"
I am inclided to believe Emcee when saying these were inspired by Megaman/Zero. That said, the side-by-side (above-below?) comparison that Theforshadower provided definitely rises to the level of "substantial similarity". It strikes me as remarkable that the one is not derived from the other. Legally speaking, in cases where such similarity exists, evidence must be shown that the earlier work was NOT referenced* when producing the later work. Failing that, would/could a "reasonable person" mistake one for the other, or say "Hey is that from Megaman?". I generally think of myself as a reasonable person and indeed I thought exactly that when I first saw this. That doesn't mean Emcee did derive these in actuality, but unless we can gain some additional insight into the process used to create these without referencing* Megaman sprites, I have to leave these flagged for now. Because reasonable people will assume the substantial similarity is due to derivation.
Emcee, any chance you have any WIP work that may shed some light on the process? Something that shows how you arrived that these results without the need for Megaman sprite references?
*Note that when I say "referenced", as I mentioned earlier in this thread, it does not require any literal copy/pasting of pixels nor even overlaying one with the other to provide proportion to be considered a "reference" and therefore derivative. Opening up the Capcom sprites and actively observing them and comparing features while creating the new sprites can still qualify as derivation.
Thanks for the extra information. Review done. Looks good! Thanks for sharing.
Done. :)
It isn't removed. it's temporarily download-disabled. If the issues are resolved, the lock comes off. :)All official minecraft face skins are exactly 8x8. Copy-pasting is not required to constitute derivation. Replicating even an 8x8 pixel area with just 256 colors has a 16000:1 chance-against of happening by accident. Doing so for 10+ separate icons without using the original as a reference in any way is a 160,000:1 chance-against, or in other words; it meets the legal threshold of "substantial similarity" when determining if something may or may not be a derivative work of intellectual property.I'm not saying it definitely is a derivative. I am saying it has that potential. Which is why this was marked as having a "potential licensing issue".Asking people to voluntarily not distribute this pack outside of a project is totally acceptable. I must ask that the "voluntarily" part be made more apparent, though.EDIT: Fixed, thanks! :)
@Yubatake: you've added a ton to this since it was first posted. Would you allow me to bump it to the top so people can see all the new stuff you've added?
As small as each of these are, I wouldn't normally be concerned with an overlap of Microsoft Intellectual Property, but most of these appear pixel-per-pixel identical to portions of the game's official skins. Again, whether that is enough to be legally problematic is debatable, but the second problem is that your extra stipulation "no redistribution unless part of a braoder project" is unenforcable and conflicts with CC0 (and all other licenses accepted on OGA). CC0 allows redistribution, even by themselves. Forbidding distribution like this makes them essentially legally unusable. I know the intent is to say "using it in your game is fine, just not outside a game", but it still creates a legal pitfall that makes it not work like that.Please let me know if you have any questions.EDIT: Fixed, thanks! :)
I don't think the absence of pointy carets and difference in texture is sufficient; Scrabluous (aka Lexulous) had even less similarity in their game board tiles than the one included in this pack, yet they were still blasted for the game board layout violating Hasbro's IP. I noticed your inclusion of individual game board tiles, and that should probably be fine, though it may help to use non-identical verbiage; "triple points!" instead of "triple letter score", etc. However, the inclusion of the full board with a layout and text identical to the Scrabble game board is likely too risky.EDIT: Fixed, thanks! :)
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