"Gilles Tran" <tra### [at] inapginrafr> wrote in message
news:40e40825@news.povray.org...
> Given the largely non-commercial nature of POV-Ray materials such as
models
> and SDL scripts, little attention has been given so far regarding the sort
> of licences that would best protect the use and diffusion of such
materials
> (though I know that similar threads exist somewhere in the 50000 messages
in
> p.general...). However, with mesh modelers becoming more mainstream in the
> POV-Ray community, it is becoming obvious that some POV-Ray material could
> start to attain a true commercial value once converted to another format,
so
> the question is becoming a little more acute than before.
>
> What sort of licence would best cover the most basic needs of the people
who
> would like to share freely what they create for POV-Ray while having some
> minimal legal protection from potential abuse? These sort of questions
have
> been cropping up recently in my mailbox, so I'd be interested in hearing
> what people think, for instance, of GPL
> (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html), Creative Commons
> (http://creativecommons.org/) or other similar systems in the particular
> context of POV-Ray models and scripts.
>
> Of course, people who are both POV-Ray users and lawyers specialised in
> international IP law are particularly welcome!
>
> G.

I like the "Choose Liscense" form they have. this came up with what I
selected: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ although this
sounds reasonable as well http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/

what about filing for a copyright in your country? is that usefull in any
circumstance? i think it only costs $30 in the US.

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