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Post subject: Licensing your art - how to + templates
 Posted: Mar 21, 2007 - 03:59 AM
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I AM NOT A LAWYER! This is not legal advice, it is an attempt to explain Licensing issues facing artists who want to contribute to sidux. I will not be held responsible for any consequences that arise from people acting on my pointers instead of seeking professional legal advice
Deciding on how to license your art can be a difficult thing, and meeting the requirements for inclusion in sidux is not necessarily an easy thing for someone unfamiliar with software licensing.
This post aims to clear these issues up, provide hints for choosing a license that best suits your work, and also provide some templates to help fast track the process once you've decided on a license.
Licensing simplified
Licensing *original* art has two main criteria that need to be met -
1. Declare the copyright holder of the original art (this would be "you"), and how you can be contacted
2. Attach a license to clarify how/if the art can be copied/modified/distributed
If you use non-original art or components, a third requirement will need to be met:
3. Abiding by the License of any non-original artwork components used in your art - this can get a bit complex, and will vary from case to case. This will probably influence your decision in item (2)
If you want to use non-original artwork, you can follow a couple of pointers to try and keep things simple (and legal):
* Don't use art that does not have a clear license attached
* Don't mix art with different licenses
sidux Art Licensing Requirements
Any art to be considered for use by the sidux project must be Licensed under a Debian Free Software Guidelines (dfsg) compatible license. For an incomplete list of dfsg compatible licenses, see http://wiki.debian.org/DFSGLicenses
What must be provided for sidux
1. The art - ideally this will include a format that preserves layer info (eg svg, xcf, psd) as well as a "master" binary (png/jpg)
2. Attach a copyright statement with your name, contact details (eg email), plus the name of the DFSG compatible License the art is released under
3. A text copy or link to the actual License text
4. If you've used non-original art, make sure you clearly indicate which art you used, what the license status of that art is, and who the copyright holder of the art is. Make sure you meet *all* License requirements - This can be included in the copyright text file.
Pack all this up in an archive and 'release' it (post it in the art forum)!
Examples and templates coming soon  |
Last edited by cleary on Mar 21, 2007 - 04:46 AM; edited 3 times in total
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Post subject: Licensing your art - how to + templates
Posted: Mar 21, 2007 - 04:22 AM
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Post subject: templates
Posted: Mar 22, 2007 - 04:57 AM
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for svg images the gpl could be applied:
<title or short description>
Copyright (C) 2007 <your name>
Contact: <email or other contact data>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110, USA
for bitmap formats the artistic license seems to be better:
<title or short description>
Copyright (C) 2007 <your name>
Contact: <email or other contact data>
This image is published unter the terms of the artistic license.
The Artistic License:
Preamble
The intent of this document is to state the conditions under which a Package may be copied, such that the Copyright Holder maintains some semblance of artistic control over the development of the package, while giving the users of the package the right to use and distribute the Package in a more-or-less customary fashion, plus the right to make reasonable modifications.
Definitions:
"Package" refers to the collection of files distributed by the Copyright Holder, and derivatives of that collection of files created through textual modification.
"Standard Version" refers to such a Package if it has not been modified, or has been modified in accordance with the wishes of the Copyright Holder.
"Copyright Holder" is whoever is named in the copyright or copyrights for the package.
"You" is you, if you're thinking about copying or distributing this Package.
"Reasonable copying fee" is whatever you can justify on the basis of media cost, duplication charges, time of people involved, and so on. (You will not be required to justify it to the Copyright Holder, but only to the computing community at large as a market that must bear the fee.)
"Freely Available" means that no fee is charged for the item itself, though there may be fees involved in handling the item. It also means that recipients of the item may redistribute it under the same conditions they received it.
1. You may make and give away verbatim copies of the source form of the Standard Version of this Package without restriction, provided that you duplicate all of the original copyright notices and associated disclaimers.
2. You may apply bug fixes, portability fixes and other modifications derived from the Public Domain or from the Copyright Holder. A Package modified in such a way shall still be considered the Standard Version.
3. You may otherwise modify your copy of this Package in any way, provided that you insert a prominent notice in each changed file stating how and when you changed that file, and provided that you do at least ONE of the following:
a) place your modifications in the Public Domain or otherwise make them Freely Available, such as by posting said modifications to Usenet or an equivalent medium, or placing the modifications on a major archive site such as ftp.uu.net, or by allowing the Copyright Holder to include your modifications in the Standard Version of the Package.
b) use the modified Package only within your corporation or organization.
c) rename any non-standard executables so the names do not conflict with standard executables, which must also be provided, and provide a separate manual page for each non-standard executable that clearly documents how it differs from the Standard Version.
d) make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright Holder.
4. You may distribute the programs of this Package in object code or executable form, provided that you do at least ONE of the following:
a) distribute a Standard Version of the executables and library files, together with instructions (in the manual page or equivalent) on where to get the Standard Version.
b) accompany the distribution with the machine-readable source of the Package with your modifications.
c) accompany any non-standard executables with their corresponding Standard Version executables, giving the non-standard executables non-standard names, and clearly documenting the differences in manual pages (or equivalent), together with instructions on where to get the Standard Version.
d) make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright Holder.
5. You may charge a reasonable copying fee for any distribution of this Package. You may charge any fee you choose for support of this Package. You may not charge a fee for this Package itself. However, you may distribute this Package in aggregate with other (possibly commercial) programs as part of a larger (possibly commercial) software distribution provided that you do not advertise this Package as a product of your own.
6. The scripts and library files supplied as input to or produced as output from the programs of this Package do not automatically fall under the copyright of this Package, but belong to whomever generated them, and may be sold commercially, and may be aggregated with this Package.
7. C or perl subroutines supplied by you and linked into this Package shall not be considered part of this Package.
8. The name of the Copyright Holder may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
9. THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
The End
sources:
http://www.gnu.de/documents/gpl.de.html
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/artistic-license.php |
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Post subject: RE: templates
Posted: Mar 22, 2007 - 08:53 PM
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| In Inkscape, there is a provision for adding metadata, which lives in the svg file itself. Among the fields in the metadata, there is a licensing option. |
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Post subject: RE: templates
Posted: Mar 24, 2007 - 05:25 PM
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