he said kym right there in the OP you dummy
So, I might as well ask, who actually created Alunya?
Wyatt Bell
Lincoln Sanders
Creative Commons is different from Copyright. In some versions all it asks is to give credit to the creator of the original.
Levi Barnes
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Adam Collins
Nathaniel Gomez
yes knowyourmeme but that isn't really a community, is it?
That's still too much ownership!
Colton Miller
Yeah, as far as actual communities go I'm most active on Tumblr. And on the CC-BY licenses, yeah those are the ones I use most often, tho there's also CC0 ones that are basically declaring it public domain without the ability to pull up the ladder,
And, it's interesting thinking about this from an ideological perspective because, again, I'm super into the idea of commonly-shared Open Source Characters, but even the more-owner-y CC-BY license is a bit much for a lot of those I've proposed it to.
Mind if I talk your ear off about it? Because I do know a fair bit about it, and I think it's relevant to the board because it's about an attempt to make a shared commons with
Also, I drew my own personal Alunya as an addition. I hope you aren't as opposed to furry stuff as other Chans, and I apologize if my arts a bit wonky, as I did this quickly and even with that the way I do my linework is kinda… unusual.
Grayson Miller
Ah a tumblrite, that's fine
Well the idea of open source characters is kind of relevant but still why make it open source and not just simply put it on public domain? The idea of mixing intellectual property with an open and free culture seems contradictory
Matthew Morales
Well, long story short is that artists want to remain associated with and engaged with their creation, along with allowing for those opportunities to spread your name and thusly get people to care about your art. Because, in capitalism hell, artists have jack shit in terms of job security and social cachet (Unless you’re in the highest ranks) so there’s that need for credit to avoid being buried by this society.
Also as clauses to add-on to CC-BY licenses, there’s NC licenses which are nonprofit and SA licenses (The most common from what I can see) which force anyone adding or using stuff from that thing to put it under that exact same licence. I can see why Holla Forums might find the latter possibly more interesting/appealing, but I find they tend to have a chilling effect on the sort of remixing/crossovers I like compared to direct adaptations due to the hazard to the rights of other people’s creations and besides they still allow rent-seeking via licensing more permissively by the owners.
What I’d really love to see as a license is one that takes parts of BY- but isn’t so forceful, treating the material in part of a shared setting as public property; in that you don’t automatically cede the rights to anything you use with it; but if you do add a core element to the main setting you do put it under the license in that main “pool” .
So, like, with a fantasy setting if you have a few creatures or a character from that setting show up in your story, you don’t automatically lose them that way, but if you say make a character the Dark Lord’s sister or add a new keystone species or kingdom or continent to that setting, it goes back into the pool. I’d call it the Take A Penny Leave A Penny license.
Imma split this into two posts to talk about some o the more prominent works there, cause this is getting long. But, I do wonder if a thread for drawfriends/writefriends to make stuff that’s all in the public domain would be a good idea?
Like, a regular one on Leftypol, since I think it’d fit with the ideology…
Camden Harris
Stop stealing the meme I made you dingus.
Leo Rodriguez
that was way after the core characters of alunya and rodina (and other-rodina) were created