Just wanted to let you know that I support this project. I've got a couple of notes:
Your license on the website is CC-BY-SA, but you say to contact you for commercial use. Just so you're aware, CC-BY-SA explicitly allows commercial use. (You may already know that -- it's fine to ask people to contact you, and most people will, but you can't actually require it and still have the license be CC-BY-SA.)
Back when we did the Liberated Pixel Cup, we had a lot of luck when we put together a style guide and a color palette. The LPC art set is very consistent, especially given how many people contributed to it. For best results, I'd suggest making a style guide. :)
Sorry, it's an old joke. Back in the 90s, there was this ad campaign for a shoe company (don't remember which), and the tagline was "The Revolution will not be televised."
Regarding copyright (note that I am not a lawyer, but since I run this site I've spent a lot of time gaining an understanding of copyright):
Legally, there's a difference between "copying" something and taking inspiration from something. Spiky blond hair isn't something that can be copyrighted. What you can copyright are individual instances of spiky blond hair -- for instance, if someone lifted the hair verbatim from a DBZ sprite, then that would be a violation of copyright. Since this is an original creation, though, it's not an issue, even if it's clearly reminiscent of DBZ.
TL;DR: There are no copyright issues here, as far as I can tell. :)
When we get into the big improvements to searching and curation (which seem likely to happen in a few months, at this rate), the color palette is something that I think would be a good candidate to include in search metadata. This means that we might want to have some option for people to upload palettes (it would be particularly cool if we could accept palette files in whatever format people use to upload them, then convert them automatically to all of the popular palette file formats, since converting them manually for different art programs can be kind of a pain).
If we do this, it'll have to be separate from the normal art upload process, as I wouldn't want people putting licenses on palettes other than CC0 (I'm not sure you can even copyright them, since they're just a list of colors, and if you can, Pantone has shown that no good can come of it).
Anyway, it's something to think about. This isn't something I'm going to pursue until we hit our next funding goal, so now is a great time to talk about it. :)
@undesired: It looks to me like qubodup answered you and then you ignored him. The game labels here are obviously meant to be similar to the real thing, but that in itself doesn't necessarily constitute a derivative work. In fact, you can see the exact same thing on TV shows (for instance, someone drinking from a red can of "Cola" that's clearly meant to look like Coke, but isn't).
I don't belive these constitute a derivative work.
@undesired: I need you to be specific about what you're talking about. Because right now it seems to me like Sound Ideas and qubodup may have gotten the explosion sound from the same public domain video. Is that possible, or am I misunderstanding something?
Yes, you can use this in your commercial project. Just mention opengameart.org in your credits.
If something is available under multiple licenses, you can choose the license that works the best for you. You don't need to worry about the other ones.
You don't have to comply with all the licenses -- just the one that fits your needs the best.
Greets!
Just wanted to let you know that I support this project. I've got a couple of notes:
Best of luck with your project!
Bart
Sorry, it's an old joke. Back in the 90s, there was this ad campaign for a shoe company (don't remember which), and the tagline was "The Revolution will not be televised."
Regarding copyright (note that I am not a lawyer, but since I run this site I've spent a lot of time gaining an understanding of copyright):
Legally, there's a difference between "copying" something and taking inspiration from something. Spiky blond hair isn't something that can be copyrighted. What you can copyright are individual instances of spiky blond hair -- for instance, if someone lifted the hair verbatim from a DBZ sprite, then that would be a violation of copyright. Since this is an original creation, though, it's not an issue, even if it's clearly reminiscent of DBZ.
TL;DR: There are no copyright issues here, as far as I can tell. :)
So I have some thoughts on this:
When we get into the big improvements to searching and curation (which seem likely to happen in a few months, at this rate), the color palette is something that I think would be a good candidate to include in search metadata. This means that we might want to have some option for people to upload palettes (it would be particularly cool if we could accept palette files in whatever format people use to upload them, then convert them automatically to all of the popular palette file formats, since converting them manually for different art programs can be kind of a pain).
If we do this, it'll have to be separate from the normal art upload process, as I wouldn't want people putting licenses on palettes other than CC0 (I'm not sure you can even copyright them, since they're just a list of colors, and if you can, Pantone has shown that no good can come of it).
Anyway, it's something to think about. This isn't something I'm going to pursue until we hit our next funding goal, so now is a great time to talk about it. :)
I need links that provide evidence of infringement. I still don't know what video you're referring to.
@undesired: It looks to me like qubodup answered you and then you ignored him. The game labels here are obviously meant to be similar to the real thing, but that in itself doesn't necessarily constitute a derivative work. In fact, you can see the exact same thing on TV shows (for instance, someone drinking from a red can of "Cola" that's clearly meant to look like Coke, but isn't).
I don't belive these constitute a derivative work.
@undesired: I need you to be specific about what you're talking about. Because right now it seems to me like Sound Ideas and qubodup may have gotten the explosion sound from the same public domain video. Is that possible, or am I misunderstanding something?
Looks like it's coming along nicely. :)
Yes, you can use this in your commercial project. Just mention opengameart.org in your credits.
If something is available under multiple licenses, you can choose the license that works the best for you. You don't need to worry about the other ones.
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