If it's something where a warning would be required, we can't archive it. It's important that people using content on OGA not have to worry that it might have licensing issues. I'd say just remove the sound and music.
Also, Redshrike raised some issues about the graphical assets which call their licensing into question as well. Without explicit confirmation from the Monster 2 team that pieces are original, I don't feel comfortable with accepting the art.
It may have been a mistake. I'd personally prefer to allow them. I'll talk to paroneayea and see about fixing it (although for the time being, for legal reasons, assume the COPYING file is correct).
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Right, I'm just saying. That icon is just a red plus. There's no context in the sprite sheet, so it shouldn't trigger anything on its own. In the case of a red plus, I'd say it's the responsibility of the user not to put it on an ambulance, since there are plenty of non-infringing uses for it.
That one, I'm not so convinced. It's a red plus sign, but it could be used in an animation to indicate an increasing stat. As it is, it's not really used in a context that could be directly associated with the red cross. It's also tiny, and the proportions are clearly different.
There are other concerns with allowing particular file formats.
Drupal uses a PHP library called (I believe) GD to do most of its image manipulation. GD is a very capable library, although it tends to expect fairly standard formats. The upside of using GD is that preview image generation is very easy for me to maintain, and it doesn't involve spending dozens of hours (that I don't have) poking around in code writing custom image conversion functionality for esoteric formats. Secondly, even if I did write that custom code, it would take away my ability to easily manage image preview formats from within Drupal's GUI, and make it just a general pain in the butt all around.
I don't have a problem with submissions in this format, but what I need in that case is for you to put them in an archive file (zip, 7z, etc) that OGA accepts, which will require that you also upload a preview image in a standard format.
Edit: One other thing I need to consider is general site usability. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe that XPM is a particularly common format. It's quite likely that it won't open in common image editing programs (perhaps GIMP will open them, but I doubt a lot of Windows and Mac based applications will). This is the first time I've ever seen someone request that people be able to submit XPMs. Unless there's more demand, I'm inclined to say no for the time being.
If it's something where a warning would be required, we can't archive it. It's important that people using content on OGA not have to worry that it might have licensing issues. I'd say just remove the sound and music.
Also, Redshrike raised some issues about the graphical assets which call their licensing into question as well. Without explicit confirmation from the Monster 2 team that pieces are original, I don't feel comfortable with accepting the art.
It may have been a mistake. I'd personally prefer to allow them. I'll talk to paroneayea and see about fixing it (although for the time being, for legal reasons, assume the COPYING file is correct).
Okay, I think I have this working (at least, it seems to work for me). Click the edit tab on your user account page, scroll to the bottom, and check the box. That should prevent favorite emails from going to you.
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Right, I'm just saying. That icon is just a red plus. There's no context in the sprite sheet, so it shouldn't trigger anything on its own. In the case of a red plus, I'd say it's the responsibility of the user not to put it on an ambulance, since there are plenty of non-infringing uses for it.
Hi, just a heads up. I'm working on this as we speak. I should hopefully have a solution within the day. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Clearly I need to check these things before I talk, or I'll end up with a mouthfull of my own foot. ;)
That one, I'm not so convinced. It's a red plus sign, but it could be used in an animation to indicate an increasing stat. As it is, it's not really used in a context that could be directly associated with the red cross. It's also tiny, and the proportions are clearly different.
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Since trademark usage rules add restrictions above and beyond those imposed by the liceses we accept here, we cannot accept trademarked content.
I've flagged a licensing issue on the item in question. Hopefully we'll get the trademarked part removed so we can put it back up.
There are other concerns with allowing particular file formats.
Drupal uses a PHP library called (I believe) GD to do most of its image manipulation. GD is a very capable library, although it tends to expect fairly standard formats. The upside of using GD is that preview image generation is very easy for me to maintain, and it doesn't involve spending dozens of hours (that I don't have) poking around in code writing custom image conversion functionality for esoteric formats. Secondly, even if I did write that custom code, it would take away my ability to easily manage image preview formats from within Drupal's GUI, and make it just a general pain in the butt all around.
I don't have a problem with submissions in this format, but what I need in that case is for you to put them in an archive file (zip, 7z, etc) that OGA accepts, which will require that you also upload a preview image in a standard format.
Edit: One other thing I need to consider is general site usability. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe that XPM is a particularly common format. It's quite likely that it won't open in common image editing programs (perhaps GIMP will open them, but I doubt a lot of Windows and Mac based applications will). This is the first time I've ever seen someone request that people be able to submit XPMs. Unless there's more demand, I'm inclined to say no for the time being.
> And this is why I audit everything before it gets committed to OA (and am personally hated for it)
For the record, I for one really appreciate it.
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