OpenArena, CG Textures and BurningWell.Org
OpenArena 0.8.0 recently got unreleased , because the project administrator decided that some included textures by TRaK were not legally GPL-licensed. Free as in freedom CG Textures? No. :( So why do the CG Textures -based textures seem GPL-incompatible? Well, Marcel, CG Textures' administrator, wrote at least twice , that the textures on his website cannot be re-licensed under a free content license . Also the CG Textures license clearly states, that re-distribution of the textures and of derivate versions in texture form is prohibited. The right to re-distribute is one of the pillars, on which free software , open source and free works stand. But it is not simple dogmatism which makes me agree with these definitions. When I create a piece of media for use in games, then I want to give others the ability to change it as easily as possible, so it fits their need. Because of this, it is vital that I am allowed to provide the source (the most raw/least edited form of the media)...