On Wednesday, 10 February 2016 at 20:25:05 UTC, anonymous wrote:
The exact text on the site of the original author [1] is
COPYRIGHT © SUKIMASHITA 2006
ALL FREE TO USE. ONLY SELLING THESE IMAGES IS PROHIBITED.
I'd understand that to allow derivative works, but disallow
selling them. I'm not a lawyer, though.
My understanding is that "use" means creating copies only. I does
not say "modify". He is giving you the right to create copies.
Then he puts in the single constrain that it cannot be exchanged
for money. I don't think the constraint is granting additional
rights.
Probably depends on your jurisdiction, but my understanding of
the legislation in my country is that an artist has rights
related to protecting his integrity as an artist. It is not
uncommon that liberal creative licenses states that you are not
allowed to use relate a derived work to the the original creators
name... (or the opposite).
Like, if a historian wrote a book on 2WW, he probably doesn't
want someone to create a derived work of it that is rewritten as
a holocaust-denial and associate it with him.
Likewise, even if people buy/commission an artwork instalment (in
my country), it is still illegal to modify or destroy it without
contacting the artist.
If those terms don't allow us to mess with the logo, what kind
of statement or license do we need from the author?
Ask for a Creative Commons license?