It is a template map, of course it does not have any gameflow. I just thought I could use this site as a kind of sourceforge for these templates. I said I release it under the GPL because I just wanted to point out that I intend to model objects for the public to use.

I said that I didn't want other people to claim ownership. Yes, that wasn't probably very wise to say that because it implies that I own all these models. But i am asking myself, what do I own of these objects, and how should I license them? I certainly do not own spheres exclusivly, but I still put in quite some work to figure out how to make them. And the other stuff wasn't so easy to do either. I think since Sauerbraten/Cube2 is OSS, it would be beneficial to have open content as well, or at least content which has a license attached so it is clear what you could do with it in whatever you want to do with sauer. So I chose the GPL

If anyone has a better idea then the GPL I certainly would consider it. But for the moment I actually just want to model some stuff and post it here, and not go around reading licenses...

+1

For something as simple as copy-paste tubes (or whatever else you've got), I'd suggest making it public domain...
I'm not sure you could really license something like this, anyway.

Consider also making a bunch of these and making a pack of them, rather than making a bunch of nodes for semi-content.

Look, I didn't mean to sound like I was putting you down for your wishes to make your template available for the benefit of others, as that is a very commendable thing to do.

What I was reacting to the most was what you yourself summed up in these two sentences: "I said that I didn't want other people to claim ownership. Yes, that wasn't probably very wise to say that because it implies that I own all these models."

My comments about your file not containing gameplay/textures/etc was questioning what exactly it is that you are licensing. And whatever it is, whether you would be able to under the GPL considering the following (from the Sauerbraten README):

"If you want to produce new content with the sauerbraten engine, you have to be aware that the source code may be Open Source, but the game and the media it consist of have their individual licenses and copyrights."

As you are using the inbuilt textures in your template that to me would indicate you would be contravening exisiting private licenses and copyrights by declaring your own - and I am certain that is not what your intentions would have been.

As SheeEttin suggested, you have posted it up here so just make it public domain - you want it to be a free resource for the community so why complicate it with a dubious license declaration?

Just out of interest, compare the following zlib/libpng licensing which Sauerbraten uses with that of the GPL - comparing these I can understand why you don't want to go around reading licenses :)

http://www.opensource.org/licenses/zlib-license.php
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php

The OGZ stores no textures. Unless he's included the textures in the archive, then he's not violating any licenses.

Dam, Windows decided it would do a restart for an "important update" during my post - which went something like this:

The fact that he hasn't included a .cfg relies on the inbuilt textures, so anyone running the file will see defaults and therefore assume "I can use these freely?". His license does not state where or what licensing requirements the textures fall under... this may be a grey area as he is simply providing a "map", but still to license a map under gpl without any declarations I would think is scary stuff.

Well, he could certainly license the map under the GPL... So long as nobody assumes that the textures are also free to use, there won't be any problems. (They shouldn't assume that, as packages/readme.txt says that one should refer to the author's license/readme/whatever for license info.)

In other news, I hate hiccups. >_<

As long as the license does not expect people to have to assume anything about what they are actually getting - it all gets back to what is actually being licensed rather than just 'licensing' something for the sake of it.

You hate hiccups? I hate hang-overs and JWs knocking on the door to get me out of bed |(

I did read the wikipages about modding again, and came back here because i did read the part that says all textures are only meant to be distributed by dot3labs with sauerbraten. So, these comments you guys made saying that i actually could put a license of my choice on the map, although i am using the textures distributed with sauer, are very usefull.

But i still decided to just publish it without mentioning any license at all, at least for now. It seems to be disproportionate or least it seems to been seen as such by some people.

"No texturing; big holes in the gound to get trapped in; water that goes nowhere... "

Yeah... Its a template map, not for gameplay.
--------------------------------------------------
http://www.freewebs.com/fergusonproductions
http://halleck.tumblr.com/
[moved here by admin since user doesn't appear to be able to use the "reply to" button]