Re: [pygame] author & license of the pygame_logo (the snake) ?

[Thiago Chaves <shundread@xxxxxxxxx>]

Copyright law is broken. =(

-Thiago

On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 10:39 PM, Noah Kantrowitz <noah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Not sure where you got that idea, but in every western legal system I know
> of the opposite is true. If no license is given, then there is none.
> Copyright is automatically granted (and applying a license doesn't alter
> copyright in general), and by default all rights are retained by the author.
> I very much doubt the author of this particular image would ever exercise
> their rights to sue, but it is worth mentioning since many people use stuff
> from Google images or whatnot in games.
>
> --Noah
>
> On Jan 24, 2010, at 9:07 AM, Shadd wrote:
>
>> When an item is distributed freely without any mention to licenses, it is
>> considered of public domain, so you can use it as you please. That is, if
>> really there is no copyright on it.
>>>
>>> Where can i find the author & exact license of the pygame snake
>>> graphic ? It's the logo on top of the www.pygame.org website and can be
>>> downloaded at http://www.pygame.org/download.shtml but i see no license
>>> information. I want to put the snake graphic as sprite in some python /
>>> pygame tutorials.
>>>
>>> greetings,
>>> Â Â Â Â-Horst
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