On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 07:56:16AM +0100, Kai Blin wrote: > > I'd highly suggest doing this even if you don't think that the model > > is the prefered form for modification, as it will enable anyone who > > later works on the work to apply bug fixes to the model and anything > > else that was used to actually create the work. [I know I appreciate > > having vector forms of the works that I have to make modifications > > to.] > > I agree here. But I wanted to point you at a discussion about the GPL > and artwork we had on this list before that led us to agree that > "Preferred form of modification" is the author's (artist's) preferred > form of modification, not whatever someone else would like.
If you create a model, and render a PNG with that model, the source for the PNG is the model. Okay, that's easy; we all probably agree here. If I take your PNG, stick it in photoshop, edit it for a while, and save that to a PNG, what's the source? I'd say it's the PSD file or the PNG; in any case, the model file is no longer relevant and isn't the source at all. (Your idea of "source"--even as the original author--isn't relevant; my preferred form for modification, as the person actually modifying, is what counts.) I *think* you agree with the above, and this is just a more detailed example of what we agree on, clarifying the question "which author/artist's preferred form of modification?". -- Glenn Maynard
