https://www.posetteforever.com/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=2884&p=36802#p36802
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Tormie
Sunday, 19 August 2007, 05:04 AM

Re: Licenses for our free stuff
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Ok, I think to have found how to square the circle :hurrah: !

I simply adapted the text of a renderosity license for items sold in the marketplace, it says no rights to distribute, no derivative works etc. So I made two of them, one for non commercial use and one for commercial and non commercial use. 

So now the artist has 8 options: the first is this one, the other are under the Creative Commons licenses (first 4 for non commercial use the other for commercial/non commercial use). We discussed a lot in the past for our own philosophy of sharing freebies so I think that everyone now can choose what is better . As I said, if there is another license into the package, this last one is the one that counts. In order to protect all the users that uploaded in our free stuff page I made the first option default for all the freebies (the license written below) : All right reserved for non commercial use. I can change this license for your own works directly into the database without that you have to edit tons of files so if you want another option for all your works simply tell me and I'll change it (or you can do it yourself editing the file and choosing another option). Tomorrow or later I'll prepare a post for the public forum explaining all...



P.S.  :mmmh:  :mmmh: Maybe it's better to put default the one that has the comemrcial use too  :mmmh:  :mmmh: What do you think ?

Here is the text of the default license:

[i]LICENSE FOR ITEMS DOWNLOADED THROUGH THE FREE STUFF PAGE AT POSETTEFOREVER

This license applies to items downloaded through The Free Stuff Page at Posetteforever. It is the Users responsibility to read and understand this license. If you are unsure about anything, please send an email to posetteforver@spamcop.net.

The Artist (Author) retains all copyrights to the enclosed materials. The User is not purchasing the contents, only the right to use the contents. The User may not redistribute this archive file, in whole or in part. The User may not store it any place on a network or on the Internet where it may be referenced by a third party. User acquires the copyright to any derivative works created using this work, provided none of the original materials can be extracted from the derivative work by any means. If Artist can show that any of the original material can be extracted from User's derivative work, Artist can demand both the original and derivative work, and all copies thereof be deleted. For example, User cannot make an image of a texture map mapped to a flat plane, such that the original texture map can be cut & pasted from the image. This is designed to protect the Artist from Users releasing work, which lets other users obtain the copyrighted material, and is not meant to infringe upon the artistic endeavors of the User. User may not make any MetaStream animation files with the enclosed materials, until this format can protect the original materials from being extracted. Items downloaded at Posetteforever may not be used for illegal purposes.

To protect the User: User is hereby granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use all of the contents of the encapsulating archive file. Artist maintains that all items in the archive are their original work, or are derivative works from something found, and verified, to be in the public domain. Artist maintains they legally possess the power to grant the User this license for all enclosed materials. User may use the materials in any personal projects and not in a commercial projects, as long as the Artist 's work is protected from extraction and none of the items above have been violated. User may make a single backup copy of this archive file, for personal archival purposes only. User retains this license, even if the Artist stops sharing this work at a later date. The Artist may only revoke this license, if it is shown that a User has previously violated the terms and conditions above. [/i]