That's what I do. :D
Or work in a factory or do construction.
The user is free to obtain the artwork legally from the original supplier.
Applying freedom 2 to non-functional data is absurd and makes it impossible
for the original artist to earn the appropriate amount of profit for their
work. The profit earned should be directly proportional to the
Good point. Substitute copyrighted for non-free. Point still stands,
though.
I found a pony Minetest server, so I found at least one pony-related
thing I can do.
Thanks for your help!
I don't agree that the artwork must be freely sharable. Same goes for
allowing the user to modify. Artwork is not software. The four software
freedoms don't apply.
This is in keeping with both the letter and the spirit of software freedom.
The reason software freedom is so important isn't
1.) Release game engine under a free license.
2.) Artwork and multimedia behind a paywall.
Neither can work without the other and the software remains free. Profit.
There are games with free software parts and nonfree data. Here you
will have additional difficulties with redistribution of this data
(noncommercial is very poorly defined, fair use depends on
jurisdiction, companies sue people regardless of law, etc). Being
pretty tolerant is different from
Well, it'd still be Free Software, regardless of the graphical assets and
such- but the free culture aspect could be shakey. There are some that care
greatly about keeping their system 100% free culture and free software, so
that's something to keep in mind.
The usage of the characters- the
I believe it's a grey area. So what happens entirely depends on the copyright
holder. They can disappear your work any time. On the other hand copyrights
unlike patents haven't got any defend or lose it clause so they could ignore
it too. Often this is what the do until some work gains
There was a (non-free) game featuring MLP characters called Fighting
is Magic that got a cease and desist notice from Hasbro. They had to
genericize the game. It is called Mane6 now. That's something
frustrating about resolving to run only free software and be a fan of
a proprietary work. You
The topic of the legality of fangames has come up a few times recently on
another forum I occasionally visit (one centered around fangames). Here's a
copy/paste of something I said there (since it's still what I think):
I've said before that I'm not entirely sure about fangames being
What exactly is the legality of a free software video game with
copyrighted, proprietary characters? I am a brony, an adult fan of My
Little Pony: Friendship is Magic[1], so I would like to play games
featuring the characters of the series. Unfortunately, the characters
and universe are all
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