in news:40e436ae@news.povray.org Ross wrote:

> you wouldn't mind if some model you created was picked up by some
> animation house and used in a movie for their financial gain without
> giving any credit to you at all?

I wouldn't mind at all.

> that's not a bad thing, it's just a
> decision i would want to make consciously instead of just stamping
> Public Domain on everything i do.

POV-Ray is not everything I do. Also there are thing I do in POV-Ray I 
will never publish, not even in altered form, not even the images. 

> i don't know the complete details
> of releasing something as Public Domain in regards to giving credit
> to the person who created it. 

It means you "can do what you want", no need to give credit.
 
> i don't understand your stance on the GPL, well you didn't really
> describe your stance. you just said you don't like it. what makes it
> so apalling to you? 

To give you an idea, from their FAQ:

"If a library is released under the GPL (not the LGPL), does that mean 
that any program which uses it has to be under the GPL? 
Yes, because the program as it is actually run includes the library."

...who am I to tell you, under what licence you should publish your part 
of the code?


Ingo

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