[PD-ot] Art: To GPL or not to GPL?

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[Hans-Christoph Steiner]->[[PD-ot] Art: To GPL or not to GPL?]->[03-12-15 11:21]

 |
 |So I now that I am getting deeper into coding art projects, I am
 |beginning to think about how to make a living doing it.  To make in the
 |art world, you need to make a name for yourself using your projects
 |(ideally, of course, there is also a ton of bullshit involved).  Up til
 |now, I have released all software that I have written under the GPL
 |since I firmly believe that all software should be free.  But now I am
 |thinking that there might need to be one minor caveat for some art
 |projects: the credit clause.
 |
 |I know all about the old BSD license and the problems with it, that is
 |why I am in a quandary about this.  I am creating projects that anyone
 |could download and set up and, if released under the GPL, claim
 |complete credit for.

i dont get it. i thought the gpl was kinda saying: take it, do whatever
you want with it as long as your product is rereleased _under the same
license_ and _all original author information is left intact_ (unless
your changes are so massive it counts as a differnt thing already).

so how could anyone claim complete credit for your work without
violating that license?


 | So I am thinking of releasing them under the
 |Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license.
 |
 |So my particular question lies is trying to figure out what harm will
 |come of releasing art code with an Attribution clause.  I believe that
 |some harm is inevitable, but I think it my be a necessary comprimise.

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