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

[Noah Kantrowitz <noah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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,
> > 	-Horst