I've been kind of out of touch lately due to work and life, so I haven't thought to come up with any. If people would like to submit some ideas in this thread, I'll add some new contests.
Look at the bottom of the art submission, just above the comments. There should be a files section. If you're downloading an image, right click on the image and click "save as".
I own the copyright for these, since I commissioned them for OGA.
If you agree to upload any modifications you make to this set back to OGA (as well as credit us in your game), you have my permission to use them.
(Note that I'm simply granting a specific person an additional permission; nothing I have said here revokes or alters the permissions already granted by the licenses.)
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Thanks for the attention.
If you're not prepared to discuss your project on this forum, please remove your post. All I'm seeing here is someone repeating the same line over and over in order to deflect what looks to me to be legitimate questions and criticism.
Honestly, the RPG Maker community tends to play fast and loose with licensing. As a general rule, it's wise to avoid RPG Maker graphics unless you're certain that you know their exact origin. If they have no license attached to them, at best they're legally the author's copyrighted work and you can't use them without permission, and at worst, they are ripped graphics that are already being used without permission. (For the record, I don't want to sound like I'm saying that I think all RPG Maker content is this way; rather, it's just that there's enough of it that using it can be risky.)
People don't get sued over this stuff becuase from the perspective of a large game company, it's really not worth the time and money. Most RPG Maker games don't really get anywhere, and the ones that do are usually ones made by legit indie devs who actually pay attention to licensing. Square Enix only really releases the hounds when it looks like someone is going to be successful with a major project. There are literally hundreds of short, bad, or incomplete RPG Maker games that use Square sprites, but the only projects ever to get actual nastygrams are the ones that sparked a lot of interest by either a) looking better than the original, or b) providing a lot of new content.
Point is, just because people get away with using ripped graphics doesn't mean that it's a good idea to do it. If you're a serious developer and you intend to release a major project, not being absolutely sure about the licensing of your assets is a great way to get your project shut down. It can also be really embarrassing when someone calls you out for using ripped sprites when you weren't aware they were ripped.
Just because someone makes a graphic that happens to work with RPG Maker, it doesn't necessarily mean that Enterbrain owns that graphic or has control over it. However, a lot of RPG Maker graphics are just modified versions of Enterbrain's sprites, which are derivative works and thus bound by Enterbrain's license.
The key point is this: If you base your graphics on Enterbrain's, you are beholden to their license. If you make your graphics from scratch, you can use whatever license you like.
I've been kind of out of touch lately due to work and life, so I haven't thought to come up with any. If people would like to submit some ideas in this thread, I'll add some new contests.
Bart
Right click on the filename and choose "save as".
Look at the bottom of the art submission, just above the comments. There should be a files section. If you're downloading an image, right click on the image and click "save as".
I own the copyright for these, since I commissioned them for OGA.
If you agree to upload any modifications you make to this set back to OGA (as well as credit us in your game), you have my permission to use them.
(Note that I'm simply granting a specific person an additional permission; nothing I have said here revokes or alters the permissions already granted by the licenses.)
What were the comments before he changed them?
Was this another self entitled twit telling everyone that in "the real world" artists should work for free?
Very eye-pleasing and versatile! Nice job! :)
This topic serves only for project updates if you have something to say post it at web page
Thanks for the attention.
If you're not prepared to discuss your project on this forum, please remove your post. All I'm seeing here is someone repeating the same line over and over in order to deflect what looks to me to be legitimate questions and criticism.
That is awesome. Thank you! :)
Honestly, the RPG Maker community tends to play fast and loose with licensing. As a general rule, it's wise to avoid RPG Maker graphics unless you're certain that you know their exact origin. If they have no license attached to them, at best they're legally the author's copyrighted work and you can't use them without permission, and at worst, they are ripped graphics that are already being used without permission. (For the record, I don't want to sound like I'm saying that I think all RPG Maker content is this way; rather, it's just that there's enough of it that using it can be risky.)
People don't get sued over this stuff becuase from the perspective of a large game company, it's really not worth the time and money. Most RPG Maker games don't really get anywhere, and the ones that do are usually ones made by legit indie devs who actually pay attention to licensing. Square Enix only really releases the hounds when it looks like someone is going to be successful with a major project. There are literally hundreds of short, bad, or incomplete RPG Maker games that use Square sprites, but the only projects ever to get actual nastygrams are the ones that sparked a lot of interest by either a) looking better than the original, or b) providing a lot of new content.
Point is, just because people get away with using ripped graphics doesn't mean that it's a good idea to do it. If you're a serious developer and you intend to release a major project, not being absolutely sure about the licensing of your assets is a great way to get your project shut down. It can also be really embarrassing when someone calls you out for using ripped sprites when you weren't aware they were ripped.
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer.
It depends on the assets.
Just because someone makes a graphic that happens to work with RPG Maker, it doesn't necessarily mean that Enterbrain owns that graphic or has control over it. However, a lot of RPG Maker graphics are just modified versions of Enterbrain's sprites, which are derivative works and thus bound by Enterbrain's license.
The key point is this: If you base your graphics on Enterbrain's, you are beholden to their license. If you make your graphics from scratch, you can use whatever license you like.
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