Thank you for clarifying that for me, Medicine. I appreciate it. I think CC-BY is exactly what I was looking for, and I will tag OGA-BY when I get the chance to make it more clear that I am OK with DRM stuff. I also added a FAQ to all my released art so that I can hopefully clarify my intent. <3
There is a slight misunderstanding here. I have no fear of my art being used in a closed commercial project or even a full DRM AAA title (for which I would feel honored) if they really wanted. All I ask in return is for my name to be slapped on their end credits.
I'm getting confused by all this mess -- I can see why SA is hardly used in anything.
So, what is the best license then? Would CC-BY allow others to sell their games, make screenshots featuring the art used, etc without all this mess? As I said before, I don't care if they sell their game, make promotional stuff with my art, etc, just as long as my name and the pack they used is in the credits and a link back to the pack so that others can use it.
The reason I am so adamant about due credit is because I've been a victim of Art Theft before (it was a high school project) and I had little recourse to defend myself. Since then, I've been reluctant to share my stuff without due credit; that's why I'm weary of CC-0. My fear with CC-0 is that someone will take my art, copyright it under their name (for instance, taking a planet and copyrighting it along with their other game assets) and then turn around and slam me with Copyright Infringement, forcing me to take my work off this site. Of course, I would fight tooth and nail in court, but really, that's what I want to avoid in the first place. And unfortunately, there are greedy people out there who can/will do just that.
I'm sorry if I sound paranoid; I just want to make sure I am protected from that and I get credit for the effort I put in to making my free assets, but I don't want people to feel like they can't use my resources in a closed-source game, either.
"While we recommend against using a CC license on software itself, CC licenses may be used for software documentation, as well as for separate artistic elements such as game art or music."
The artwork is all I am actually applying the license to. Code would fall under GPL (or whatever the game studio software license is.) So in reference to my work, as long as you credit me, I could care less if you use it in software or even in a Graphics Editor to make a greeting card.
...I honestly interpreted Share-Alike to mean, for example, if I made a piece of art and someone reskinned it, that they release that planet under the same license as the original. I had no idea that it restricted everything including projects down to "If you use my art, you must release the entire project as Share-alike." That was never my intention.
Now I know why my resources are barely used. I wish I had this clarification sooner and I will change my license requirements as soon as possible to make it more like how I envisioned it: As long as you credit me, do as you will; all I ask is that you share minor edits under the same licence if you edit anything I make.
I'm going to start changing everything to CC-BY now.
I do love planets, particularly of the ringed variety. My goal with my little project here is to make more ringed planets available to game designers because unfortunately, there are not enough ringed planet images available. The few that I've found are either re-colors of Saturn or artwork that's currently closed-source copyrighted (meaning they don't want it used for commercial game purposes.) My hope is that by creating a variety of ringed planets (and non-ringed for those that prefer them) I can give game designers more resources for Sci-Fi/space themed games. Different colors, textures, and the like. I also uploaded my planet resource files for people to make planets of their own if they don't like the planets I made so far.
It's just something fun to do for me that I hope benefits others in some small way.
I have recovered some Data so far. Thankfully it included the RPG Maker game I was working on and the Source Files you see here (sans one planet I made exclusively for my own use.)
As stated above, I created this archive for OGA as a solemn reminder of how important it is to back up data. You never know when your harddrive is going to give, especially the older it gets. It's also a way for me to release the Source Files for people who want to make their own planets. I honestly would like to see what people come up with creative wise.
I used to be a novice to intermediate web designer myself (Javascript, CSS, HTML/DHTML, and a tad bit of XHTML, though I didn't get into php or asp because the web host I used didn't allow it.) Is there anything I can do to help, by chance?
Just note that my schedule is a bit limited and unpredictable because I do work as a caregiver, but I can see what I can do on the side.
Thank you for clarifying that for me, Medicine. I appreciate it. I think CC-BY is exactly what I was looking for, and I will tag OGA-BY when I get the chance to make it more clear that I am OK with DRM stuff. I also added a FAQ to all my released art so that I can hopefully clarify my intent. <3
There is a slight misunderstanding here. I have no fear of my art being used in a closed commercial project or even a full DRM AAA title (for which I would feel honored) if they really wanted. All I ask in return is for my name to be slapped on their end credits.
I'm getting confused by all this mess -- I can see why SA is hardly used in anything.
So, what is the best license then? Would CC-BY allow others to sell their games, make screenshots featuring the art used, etc without all this mess? As I said before, I don't care if they sell their game, make promotional stuff with my art, etc, just as long as my name and the pack they used is in the credits and a link back to the pack so that others can use it.
The reason I am so adamant about due credit is because I've been a victim of Art Theft before (it was a high school project) and I had little recourse to defend myself. Since then, I've been reluctant to share my stuff without due credit; that's why I'm weary of CC-0. My fear with CC-0 is that someone will take my art, copyright it under their name (for instance, taking a planet and copyrighting it along with their other game assets) and then turn around and slam me with Copyright Infringement, forcing me to take my work off this site. Of course, I would fight tooth and nail in court, but really, that's what I want to avoid in the first place. And unfortunately, there are greedy people out there who can/will do just that.
I'm sorry if I sound paranoid; I just want to make sure I am protected from that and I get credit for the effort I put in to making my free assets, but I don't want people to feel like they can't use my resources in a closed-source game, either.
Actually, I found this:
"While we recommend against using a CC license on software itself, CC licenses may be used for software documentation, as well as for separate artistic elements such as game art or music."
The artwork is all I am actually applying the license to. Code would fall under GPL (or whatever the game studio software license is.) So in reference to my work, as long as you credit me, I could care less if you use it in software or even in a Graphics Editor to make a greeting card.
...I honestly interpreted Share-Alike to mean, for example, if I made a piece of art and someone reskinned it, that they release that planet under the same license as the original. I had no idea that it restricted everything including projects down to "If you use my art, you must release the entire project as Share-alike." That was never my intention.
Now I know why my resources are barely used. I wish I had this clarification sooner and I will change my license requirements as soon as possible to make it more like how I envisioned it: As long as you credit me, do as you will; all I ask is that you share minor edits under the same licence if you edit anything I make.
I'm going to start changing everything to CC-BY now.
You are very welcome. Please enjoy. Merry Christmas!
I do love planets, particularly of the ringed variety. My goal with my little project here is to make more ringed planets available to game designers because unfortunately, there are not enough ringed planet images available. The few that I've found are either re-colors of Saturn or artwork that's currently closed-source copyrighted (meaning they don't want it used for commercial game purposes.) My hope is that by creating a variety of ringed planets (and non-ringed for those that prefer them) I can give game designers more resources for Sci-Fi/space themed games. Different colors, textures, and the like. I also uploaded my planet resource files for people to make planets of their own if they don't like the planets I made so far.
It's just something fun to do for me that I hope benefits others in some small way.
Perhaps these may be of use, Medicine?
Drupal Code Documentation Site https://www.drupal.org/documentation
Apache SOLR Resources site: http://lucene.apache.org/solr/resources.html
I have recovered some Data so far. Thankfully it included the RPG Maker game I was working on and the Source Files you see here (sans one planet I made exclusively for my own use.)
As stated above, I created this archive for OGA as a solemn reminder of how important it is to back up data. You never know when your harddrive is going to give, especially the older it gets. It's also a way for me to release the Source Files for people who want to make their own planets. I honestly would like to see what people come up with creative wise.
I used to be a novice to intermediate web designer myself (Javascript, CSS, HTML/DHTML, and a tad bit of XHTML, though I didn't get into php or asp because the web host I used didn't allow it.) Is there anything I can do to help, by chance?
Just note that my schedule is a bit limited and unpredictable because I do work as a caregiver, but I can see what I can do on the side.
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