OpenGFX copyright discussion

[planetmaker]

Well, AFAIK, we can always give additional rights for any 'commercial' OpenTTD purposes that pop up in mind later, can't we?

The point is: you must then ask that of ALL authors. You see how it's faring right now...

[Purno]

You only need to ask the authors of the graphics you want to use...

[orudge]

Well, OpenGFX is intended to be a bundle, and trying to track down each individual author in, say, 5 years time because you want to sell a mug seems to be a bit much. The decision needs to be made now. (Really, it should have been made before the project began, but it's a bit late for that now.)

I'm still firmly of the believe that we should go with a free licence, which does not prohibit commercial distribution. The GPL or CC-BY-SA 3.0 would seem to be sensible choices, if everybody can make up their mind which one is preferred.