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Urre Joined: 05 Nov 2004 Posts: 1073 Location: Sweden |

Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 5:13 pm Post subject: Inside3D tutorials |

There should be a note somewhere which says what license the tutorials have. One would assume it's a fairly liberal license (thanks SavageX, for the term), but I'd like to know if it's possible to convert to GPL, as I use some code from a couple of tutorials in a mod of mine, which I'd really like to skip rewriting...
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RenegadeC Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 370 Location: The freezing hell; Canada |

Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 5:14 pm Post subject: |

Wouldn't they just be public domain?

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MauveBib Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Posts: 602 |

Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 1:41 am Post subject: |

If it doesn't say then technically they're not public domain. The Copyright is automatic, and unless made explicitly made public domain it is not GPLable. _________________ Apathy Now!

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Spike Joined: 05 Nov 2004 Posts: 944 Location: UK |

Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 4:53 am Post subject: |

I think it depends if you're american or not... Or if they are... Or something. International law sucks. Everyone should move to China. But yeah, Urre is correct, they should be explicitly stated as Public Domain, GPL, LGPL, or perhaps FDL, unless stated otherwise in the body of the tutorial.
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FrikaC Site Admin Joined: 08 Oct 2004 Posts: 947 |

Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 5:22 am Post subject: |

Language like this was included at the bottom of every page, prior to the redesign: All tutorials and article are copyright the Inside3D Team and their original authors. Permission is granted to use them in any freely available work, etc etc.

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Urre Joined: 05 Nov 2004 Posts: 1073 Location: Sweden |

Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 5:30 pm Post subject: |

FrikaC wrote:
...Permission is granted to use them in any freely available work, etc etc.

I'll just assume it's safe to GPL them, then...
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Error Inside3D Staff Joined: 05 Nov 2004 Posts: 558 Location: VA, USA

Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 6:17 am Post subject: |

always safe to assume when it comes to the legallity of things _________________ Inside3D : Knowledge Is Power Darkplaces Documentation Wiki

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DarkSnow Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 67 Location: Sweden |

Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 5:33 am Post subject: |

Im not 100% if this matters, but werent those tutorials released under the FDL license? If so, you could use them in virtualy any licensed project? (or would that be redistribution of the "document"?)

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Error Inside3D Staff Joined: 05 Nov 2004 Posts: 558 Location: VA, USA

Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 6:17 am Post subject: |

they are I3L license don't take credit for work you did, credit the author's for their work, reuse, modify, redistribute as you wish. there you go _________________ Inside3D : Knowledge Is Power
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