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

[RTaylor]

The label "Hans-Christoph Steiner" hathe been affixed to this message,
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>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  

 I'm not sure your projects mean diddly-squat.

>(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.  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.

 I just read the rest of this thread {which, strangely enough got filed into my
inbox rather than my pd-ot folder.}

My question would be... why bother?

Why don't you just do the thing put it up on the web, copyright it and use it as
promotion. There's a hell of a lot more money to be made out here...

My opinion... art's kind of gpled in the first place... interesting ideas get
absorbed back into the art world... {folk can't actually help it {unless
you've made no impression at all {in which case you need to do a bit more
studio time.}}} College kids the world over will be mimicking your stuff {if
it's any good} within a few days. You get a window so that you've got some time
to make a profit... if it's really good you get your name in the books... {maybe
get rich.}

There is always this...
http://www.perl.com/pub/a/language/misc/Artistic.html

 I'm not quite sure what the "old school artist" comment is supposed to mean.

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