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That's fine. Just be wary of loopholes. "Creations" for example, could be twisted to mean "map collection", and people would be allowed to grab your map and use it in their compilations as long as they gave you credit.

Quote from Proloe

That's fine. Just be wary of loopholes. "Creations" for example, could be twisted to mean "map collection", and people would be allowed to grab your map and use it in their compilations as long as they gave you credit.

Maybe we should have an entire section or plain rule explanation somewhere here on the forums explaining what a license is, how someone words it, how many pages of legaleze they want to include (your topic on loopholes reminds me of legislation.. "SUBSECTION A "CREATIONS" Creations are to be defined as.."

We need to keep it simple, keep it easy, heck.. even find a way to implement it AUTOMATICALLY like youtube does.

Quote from Darkfox118

Maybe we should have an entire section or plain rule explanation somewhere here on the forums explaining what a license is, how someone words it, how many pages of legaleze they want to include (your topic on loopholes reminds me of legislation.. "SUBSECTION A "CREATIONS" Creations are to be defined as.."

We need to keep it simple, keep it easy, heck.. even find a way to implement it AUTOMATICALLY like youtube does.

There is a stickied topic in the Released Mods section with some licenses in (one of which is the one I based my licenses on).

I also have a link to a thread that aageon wrote on this topic in the Texture Pack University and I plan on writing a tutorial my self which would include examples of copyrights and terms of use from existing packs.

Quote from Xypharius

Also according to the Brene Convention, World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty,and Digital Millennium Copyright Act your work is already protected and you should not have to provided a lisence on your pack.

I agree 100%.

Licenses are a good idea, but this requirement is a knee-jerk reaction that is little more than a band-aid to the real issues. Chances are Curse's lawyer, who is probably not even an entertainment attorney, suggested it.

He talks about these principles of US law, but is ignorant to the fact that the simple act of publication provides a copyright under US law.

Whatever. I can only be thankful that this is not an "official" forum - merely the most popular one.

Thanks for nothing, Curse.

This topic has been discussed quite thoroughly please read through the thread

Quote from pattym

On your thread just type... "All the content in this pack is the property of [state name]. By downloading and using this pack you agree that it is for personally use only and accept that redistributing parts or all of the pack is not allowed unless permission is given from [state name]. [date & time]"

Also include the same message in a .txt file in the zip/rar. The .txt will have a date created that wont change. :wink.gif: This might help ease a few issues.

Well, then perhaps they need to update the official announcement - because I'll be damned if I'm going to scour through 26 pages of this just because I was away for a few days.

Since it wasn't recapped in the first post here, what did you expect?

Quote from HeadHunter67

Well, then perhaps they need to update the official announcement - because I'll be damned if I'm going to scour through 26 pages of this just because I was away for a few days.

Since it wasn't recapped in the first post here, what did you expect?

steelfeathers is away and cannot recap it in the first post at the moment. It is a simple as this though. Grab a license, write a license, copy a license and post it on your pack. If you are using other people work, make sure you have a copy of the permission or their 'open' license if it is to show that your allowed to use it.

If either of these things are too hard, then ask someone who has one in their pack to help you out. This WILL be a good change for the forums and will make it easier for the mods to do their jobs rather than chasing people round all the time.

I am open to say people can approach me if they want something explained, could we make a list of how is happy to answer questions in this post perhaps, so this thread can die and people can stop misinterpreting things?

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steelfeathers is away and cannot recap it in the first post at the moment.

This WILL be a good change for the forums and will make it easier for the mods to do their jobs rather than chasing people round all the time.

See, if someone's brief absence keeps them from updating this OP, what's it going to be like when an artist has a more prolonged absence - for issues like a family health crisis - and cannot be present to lodge a complaint when their work is stolen? I personally know of at least two artists who are facing this kind of situation, and I remain unconvinced that this change is for the "protection" of anyone but Curse.