[CF-Devel] New Dragon Pic

[Joris Bontje]

On Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 02:52:44AM +1100, The Tool wrote:
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      Ok, my friend James Dominguez has finished colouring his picture of the red 
     
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      dragon.
     
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      you can look at it through the link below, first he has requested i post 
     
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      this disclaimer:
     
     
Its a very nice image, although it is currently a bit too big to be included in
the game :)


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      All images submitted for use in Crossfire by James J. Dominguez are 
     
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      copyright.
     
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      The makers of Crossfire have free and unlimited permission to use these 
     
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      images in the game for an indefinite period.
     
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      The images are provided as-is and may not be altered.  This includes concept 
     
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      images, outlines, large coloured preliminary images, and the finished icon 
     
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      images.  Images may not be edited, recoloured, or altered in any other way 
     
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      without express written (including emailed) permission.
     
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      If Crossfire ever becomes a commercial venture, and is no longer a free 
     
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      product, then this permission will become void and all images by James J. 
     
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      Dominguez may no longer be used unless a new agreement is reached.
     
     
Although I don't have the intention to start a lenghtly discussion about the
acceptence of this license, I don't quite agree with it on first sight.
I would agree with a restriction that the images should be used only for the
intended purpose, The Opensource game named Crossfire. But the additional
rules don't feel good. They forbid to include them in logo's and banners.
And we have no way to keep using them when we need a change after James has
'left' the project. Unless they are all delivered 'PixelPerfect', lots of
little editing is needed, asking permission for all the individual changes is not
usable in my oppinion.

What would be a better license?

I don't know, it's the authors work ofcourse, but also non 'makers of Crossfire' should be
able to use them in their crossfire editors, tools, clients and websites.
Maybe something like: "Free usage in Crossfire and Crossfire related projects using
an opensource license. Propper crediting to the author should be given included
a clear announcement of made modifications."

Joris Bontje / mids
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