Grazza
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It's really quite simple. If you didn't make it yourself, and don't have permission from the person who did make it, you can't include it, since that would be a violation of copyright.
The "permission" can take several forms; it could be an accompanying text-file granting permission under certain conditions, or it could be a blanket statement that it can be freely used for any purpose, etc. Or naturally it could be a message from the creator specifically granting you permission to use it.
Merely tweaking someone else's work does not in itself give you any right to use it.
johnnyrules182: He has asking about what is legal (and within the archive's rules), not what one is liable to get away with.
The archive's rules state:
4. Do not embed commercial MP3s as music in WADs. If you have made
| your own music as an MP3, or I can verify that you had it made
| especially for you by one of the folks in the community, I'll
| accept it as part of your wad.
and more generally:
6. In spite of the difficulty of doing so, you need to obtain permission
from anyone whose works you use in your uploads if it's not all
original work. If there is no statement in their text file that says
you can use something in your own wads, then you can't. Permission
will be considered denied if not specified.
That all seems pretty clear.
Last edited by Grazza on 02-21-04 at 21:36
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