Re: photo licenses

2006-11-10 Thread Francesco Poli
On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:04:28 +0200 Yasen Pramatarov wrote: > > I guess my concern was that people could just start requiring large > and unedited images. But you're right - the requirement will adjust > itself according to the needs of the community :) Just like it got > with the software source.

Re: photo licenses

2006-11-10 Thread Yasen Pramatarov
На Thu, 9 Nov 2006 21:55:58 +0100 Francesco Poli написа: > It's not a matter of finding an "ultimate" form. > It's a simple practical matter: if someone modifies a work in some > form (because he/she prefers to do so), but only distributes another > form (which is generated from the other one), th

Re: photo licenses

2006-11-09 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 09:53:49 +0200 Yasen Pramatarov wrote: > Wed, 8 Nov 2006 22:26:42 +0100 Francesco Poli : [...] > > The issue here is making available all the necessary data for > > modifying the work in an optimal way: doing otherwise puts the > > original author in an unfair p

Re: photo licenses

2006-11-08 Thread Yasen Pramatarov
На Wed, 8 Nov 2006 22:26:42 +0100 Francesco Poli написа: > On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 12:19:24 -0800 Jeff Carr wrote: > > The question that Maarten should ask himself is: "if I wanted to > modify this image, which form would I make modifications to?". > If the answer is "the unscaled JPEG that went out o

Re: photo licenses

2006-11-08 Thread Francesco Poli
On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 12:19:24 -0800 Jeff Carr wrote: > On 11/08/06 01:27, Maarten de Boer wrote: > > > I placed my own photos under CC 1.0, but I understand that this > > is not acceptable? I can change them under the GPL, but would > > The GPL is fine for images. I agree, definitely fine. > Ju

Re: photo licenses

2006-11-08 Thread Jeff Carr
On 11/08/06 01:27, Maarten de Boer wrote: > I placed my own photos under CC 1.0, but I understand that this > is not acceptable? I can change them under the GPL, but would The GPL is fine for images. Just package them up with the rest of the source for your game and include a standard COPYING fil

Re: photo licenses

2006-11-08 Thread MJ Ray
Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maarten de Boer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://www.jclark.com/xml/copying.txt> > > > > Which also talks explicitely about software... Yes, if one wants to license people to copy the non-software origina

Re: photo licenses

2006-11-08 Thread Joe Smith
"Ben Finney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Maarten de Boer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you want to allow just about any use of the work, while still > retaining copyright, you can distribute your work under the Expat >

Re: photo licenses

2006-11-08 Thread Ben Finney
Maarten de Boer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If you want to allow just about any use of the work, while still > > retaining copyright, you can distribute your work under the Expat > > license. > > > > http://www.jclark.com/xml/copying.txt> > > Whic

Re: photo licenses

2006-11-08 Thread Maarten de Boer
Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you want to allow just about any use of the work, while still > retaining copyright, you can distribute your work under the Expat > license. > > http://www.jclark.com/xml/copying.txt> Which also talks explicitely about software... Is there no lic

Re: photo licenses

2006-11-08 Thread Ben Finney
Maarten de Boer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am not sure about the license to use for the photos I made myself, > and I am not sure which licenses are acceptable for photos I found > elsewhere, or that people want to provide me with. > > I realize that there has been a lot of talk about this al

Re: photo licenses

2006-11-08 Thread Maarten de Boer
> The first is public domain, with a rather explicit note of the author. I suppose I could have asked: is the "public-domain" as stated on http://www.pdphoto.org/ http://www.pdphoto.org/Copyright.php compatible with debian guidelines? maarten -- This message has been scanned for viruses an

photo licenses

2006-11-08 Thread Maarten de Boer
Hello, I am the author of a jigsaw puzzle game application, http://www.resorama.com/glpuzzle/ It's a simple game, but it uses hardware accelaration for a nice visual experience with eye-candy. The game comes with a 12 puzzles, based on photos that I made myself, or found on the web. I would lo