Who made/owns the rights to the Canadian Train Set Sprites?

[NekoMaster]

I was just wondering who made and/or owns the rights to the Canadian Train set sprites?

I have a copy of the GRF and I was hoping to use a couple of sprites in my NARS Add-On Set as it would be easier to just reuse some sprites then have to redraw everything myself.

I have every intention on giving credit to the artist(s) that made the sprites for the Canadian Train Set. Hopefully the artists aren't dead on the forums.

[supermop]

I am not sure, but I have a vague memory that the set in question is definitely not under a free license.

[kamnet]

Contact OzTrans (if you can find him). He might be willing to let you borrow some artwork, or if he didn't draw it, point you to whomever did.

[Pilot]

Might be worth talking to DanMack (if he's still around), he might be more forthcoming with Information than OzTrans (I'm aware he had a bit of a fallout here on TT-Forums). This thread also makes mention of Wallyweb and ISA in the first post, so might take a bit of digging to work out who drew what, etc.

Might also be worth a quick look through this thread. I've not had a read of it properly myself, but it's likely someone might have asked about the Graphic.

[andythenorth]

DanMacK made the bulk of Canset sprites, PM him, he's around every few months or so.

[wallyweb]

DanMack drew most of the train sprites. Search the forums for his user name [DanMack] and you should find his permission levels.
ISA contributed a few sprites and as with DanMack, his permission levels should be somewhere in the forums.
OzTrans did do some spritework of his own. What? I don't know. Much of it was livery on an existing sprite.
The code was primarily NFO which is always available in the NewGRF Specifications, but OzTrans was a master at manipulating Assembly Language and those bits of code would be his own.
I did not contribute anything with respect to train sprites, other than testing and French translations.
If you have a legitimately obtained copy of a Canadian Set release, then you should also have a readme in PDF format, which might contain more information.

[ISA]

I am still lurking around in the forums, also the sprites what are on my USB drive.

[SimYouLater]

I did some searches on OzTrans, looks like he's a lost cause.

Edit: I have been politely asked to remove this post, for completely reasonable reasons. I have chosen to do something of practically the same outcome, by removing the majority of the post. Saying "a lost cause" is an apt description that answers part of the question, without bringing up past events I admittedly wasn't around to see, and all the things I strongly dislike about the situation have been suitably described by responses to the original version of this post from people who were there. If you want an explanation, feel free to read those responses, but due to how off-topic it has pushed this thread into being, you should refrain from commenting further.

Apologies for overstepping any lines, I tend to feel very strongly about what I believe to be injust.

[wallyweb]

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You are entitled to your opinion, but you have been here since only 2016. There is much more to the story that you are not aware of.

Request to a moderator ... NekoMaster's question seems to have been answered. Perhaps it is time to lock this topic?

[Chrill]

Please, I advise everyone to maintain a civil and polite tone. That includes both sides. I prefer not locking a topic, it should be done only as a last resort.

[andythenorth]

The Canadian sets were a painful episode that caused hurt, upset and drama. There is still some bad blood from that with no benefit to anyone and no happy ending.

There was also much more to the story - in private conversations - than would be seen in this or other forums, and that's just in the conversations I'm aware of, there would have been others I wasn't part of.

The subject would be best left to sink to the bottom now. I realise that by posting, I prolong the discussion, but eh.

I would be grateful if there were no more replies.

[orudge]

Yes. I'm not going to remove SimYouLater's post, but I would ask that we stick to the topic in hand and don't go off into a tangent about behaviour of past members, etc, otherwise more formal action will have to be taken.

[NekoMaster]

The Canadian sets were a painful episode that caused hurt, upset and drama. There is still some bad blood from that with no benefit to anyone and no happy ending.

There was also much more to the story - in private conversations - than would be seen in this or other forums, and that's just in the conversations I'm aware of, there would have been others I wasn't part of.

The subject would be best left to sink to the bottom now. I realise that by posting, I prolong the discussion, but eh.

I would be grateful if there were no more replies.

There is somewhat of a happy ending for some of the sprites as they will live on in modified 2cc versions in the NARS ADD-ON set, at least for the Danmack Stuff

Does uzuraptor (one of the other USSet and CanSet artists listed) still come around? or are they dead?

[ISA]

In short... PM me when You need something from me. Just for my brain so I don't forget
My real life is over the edge atm... once that is sorted I probably be more active and finish some of the stuff what had to be done long time ago