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KaVir · 09-11-2007, 07:26 PM

The copyright is automatic, but without a licence he'd have no right to publically display the work - so Raesanos is wise to clarify the issue now. This is the sort of thing that needs to be sorted out at the beginning, not several months down the line after a heated dispute over ownership and assumed permission.

I also agree with the idea of recommending a default licence, as I imagine many contributors would go with that rather than researching into licensing themselves, and it could save headaches later on down the line - like this sort of thing:

09-11-2007, 07:26 PM	#8
KaVir Legend Join Date: Apr 2002 Name: Richard Home MUD: God Wars II Posts: 2,052	Re: New MUD site The copyright is automatic, but without a licence he'd have no right to publically display the work - so Raesanos is wise to clarify the issue now. This is the sort of thing that needs to be sorted out at the beginning, not several months down the line after a heated dispute over ownership and assumed permission. I also agree with the idea of recommending a default licence, as I imagine many contributors would go with that rather than researching into licensing themselves, and it could save headaches later on down the line - like this sort of thing: Last edited by KaVir : 09-12-2007 at 03:56 AM.