Arclite Posted October 31, 2012 So, dumb question, but I want to make sure...If "Authors may NOT use the contents of this file as a base for modification or reuse." Is in the description of someone's wad, does this mean I cannot take textures from their wad and use them in mine? 0 Share this post Link to post
Reisal Posted October 31, 2012 More or less, yes. "Don't use" means don't use. 0 Share this post Link to post
Gez Posted October 31, 2012 Also, nine times out of ten, the original-textures-do-not-steal have been ripped from Quake, Hexen or Duke Nukem 3D anyway. 0 Share this post Link to post
Pottus Posted October 31, 2012 Funny thing is Mr.Chris a lot of those WADS use free textures anyways but at any rate it's better to be safe than sorry and just use what can be ascertained as allowed. I recommend: ZDoom texture thread for some resources. http://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=31139&sid=3de143e52abe25af75379dbcfb3475e1 Deus Vult II so many textures in here is unbelievable http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/?id=15238 CC4-Tex http://essel.spork-chan.net/wasd/cc4-tex-16.zip Between those three listings you have more textures than you would ever use. Also if your feeling like it's winter I compiled this last year it's mainly for CTF but there is still some good winter textures in there. Includes a lot of the most common winter textures plus some new ones that I made. http://www.mediafire.com/?22uicd5ndru6mv8 0 Share this post Link to post
Arclite Posted October 31, 2012 Thanks Pottus, really appreciate it :) 0 Share this post Link to post
hex11 Posted November 1, 2012 According to some unknown GNU FSF intern, the "Authors MAY use" clause is too vague and may not really grant rights to redistribute modified versions (see this recent thread in Freedoom forum). I think it would be really hard to make that case though, given the culture of re-use in the DOOM community. And the author of the resource would have to be the one to sue, which would be totally retarded as he's the one who actually chose the most permissive license amongst the two template choices. I mean assuming he's really the author and didn't just claim someone else's stuff as his own - that's something that IS a big issue, as quite a few PWADs take textures and stuff from commercial IWADs and don't even mention it... 0 Share this post Link to post
Death Egg Posted November 1, 2012 Can't forget to mention Realm667, though the textures will need to be converted to the Doom pallete. 0 Share this post Link to post