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

[Yves Degoyon]

Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:

>
> 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.

old-school artists will eventually not put a credit clause
or not even mention you as the software author
( that's an authorship part of the art work to me )

my advice, just work with people aware of this new situation
because, even with a different license, it won't help so much.

cheers,
sevy