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.
Interesting logos. However, it seems like the downloadable files are just ads for the logos, but not the logos themselves in a more usable format. Would you be willing to provide the logos themselves as downloadable files, in a style similar to the one preview image?
NFT's in that sense are already disallowed. That being said, the other stipulations conflict with the license. saying "no redistribution or resale" makes the assets effectively unusable, even in free games. Would you be willing to omit those stipulations? Until then, I must mark this as having a licensing issue.
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! :)
Nice!
I think the letters should be fine, but there may be an IP concern regarding the game board. Hasbro has sued others over the specifics of the game board before: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexulous#Legal_and_copyright_issuesEDIT: Fixed, thanks! :)
Bumped for new content.
Done.
Interesting logos. However, it seems like the downloadable files are just ads for the logos, but not the logos themselves in a more usable format. Would you be willing to provide the logos themselves as downloadable files, in a style similar to the one preview image?
NFT's in that sense are already disallowed. That being said, the other stipulations conflict with the license. saying "no redistribution or resale" makes the assets effectively unusable, even in free games. Would you be willing to omit those stipulations? Until then, I must mark this as having a licensing issue.EDIT: Fixed, thanks! :)
No response from submitter. Unless the stipulation conflict is addressed, I must remove this submission soon.EDIT: Fixed, thanks! :)
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