On Wednesday, 10 February 2016 at 20:25:05 UTC, anonymous wrote:
The exact text on the site of the original author [1] isCOPYRIGHT © 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?
