Blender 3D: Noob to Pro/Using proper copyright RE:Blender

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Contents 1 How and Where to Attribute Blender 1.1 Screenshots/Renders 1.1.1 Type 1 1.1.2 Type 2 1.1.3 Type 3 1.1.4 Other types 2 Upload templates for Wikimedia.commons 2.1 For your own work 2.2 Screenshots and the like 2.3 Example license for Elephants Dream

[edit] How and Where to Attribute Blender

Believe it or not although Blender was free to download and use it IS NOT YOURS. It was made, developed, and coded by a Blender Team. In fact, because it is free the license for using Blender is more limited, in that attribution is essentially your payment for Blender services. Those that use Blender do not usually actually read the Terms and Service, so here is an overview on use of images:

There are a few kinds of way you can use images in Blender, and each one requires a specific type of Copyright.

[edit] Screenshots/Renders

A screenshot is where you basically use the PrintScrn button on your keyboard or the little "Scene" button in Blender to take an immediate picture of what is on your screen now. These often look like this:

Note: These images were taken from other tutorials and are not necessarily mine. They are used in example and attribution is given to their respective authors.
These images contain things like grids (in 3D view), the tabs and buttons, etc. (even the window intself with nothing in it) which were not made by you and therefore attribution must be given to Blender, along with the following copyrights (if conditions below are applicable):

[edit] Type 1

This is for if your image contains anything like menus, buttons, or the grid.

This screenshot contains parts or visuals of a free software program. You may use it freely according to its particular license: This work is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This work is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. Note: If the screenshot shows any work that is not a direct result of the program code itself, such as a text or graphics that are not part of the program, the license for that work must be indicated separately.

You may use this template on the upload page for this:

 {{free screenshot|license={{GPL}} }}

Note: The monkey in this picture is not created by you!! The other shapes are ambiguous and do not need Blender attribution. However, this monkey is not ambiguous and if it appears anywhere in your scene you must include the above license.

[edit] Type 2

This is for if your image contains any scene you modeled that is very simple, like a cube or a sphere. If your scene is complex and contains simple shapes, this is not a necessity. But if the whole scene is just a colored cube or something else simple, this is the license you should use.

I, the copyright holder of this work hereby release it into the public domain. This applies worldwide. In case this is not legally possible, I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.

You may use this template on the upload page for this:

 {{PD-self}}

It is because you cannot copyright simple shapes, they are public domain by default. Also, if the screenshot contains both a simple object and something Blender-coded like a menu, it should contain both the listed above licenses. Make sure to explain the differentiation of subjects the licenses are applying to.

[edit] Type 3

This is for if your image is self-crafted and quite detailed or complex. It also refers to subjects such as self-made codes or logic bricks or animation keys or a material. You may not use any arbitrary licenses, especially you may not restrict it from being used commercially (you can not upload your work here if you don't like that).

I suggest following license:

I, the author of this work, hereby publish it under the following licenses: Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License." This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license versions 3.0 2.5, 2.0, 1.0 and any later versions. You may select the license of your choice.

You may use this template on the upload page for this:

 {{self|GFDL|cc-by-sa-all}}

If the screenshot contains both a unique work of art and something Blender-coded like a menu, it should contain both the listed above "free software" license and the license you wish to release it under. Make sure to explain the differentiation of subjects the licenses are applying to.

See the page commons:Licensing for acceptable licenses you can choose from.

[edit] Other types

If you use other image material, like work from Big Buck Bunny or Elephants Dream you have to use their appropriate licenses, you have to check yourself whether you can use the material and if it is possible to upload it here.

For BBB and ED you can use:

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic license. In short: you are free to share and make derivatives of this work under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it. Any of the above conditions can be waived if you get permission from the copyright holder.

You may use this template on the upload page for this:

 {{cc-by-2.5}}

Additionally you have to attribute the source of the images.

[edit] Upload templates for Wikimedia.commons

Please upload all your images to Wikimedia.commons! This is the only way that the images may be easily reused worldwide.

• Use the page commons:Special:Upload if you don't know how to use commons. This page gives you an nice form where you can select all appropriate entries.
• If you are a more experienced user, you may have created your own templates already. Than use the page Basic upload.

Change the appropriate fields to suit your needs and save the templates somewhere on your desktop as text file.

[edit] For your own work

{{Information
|Description=Blender 2.44:
{{de|Description in an additional language (here German)}}
{{en|Description in English}}
|Source=Myself
|Date=2007-04-13
|Author=[[User:Your_Username_On_Commons|Your_Username_On_Commons]]
|Permission=See below
|other_versions=none
}}
== [[Commons:Copyright tags|Licensing]]: ==
{{self|GFDL|cc-by-sa-all}}
[[Category:Blender 3D]]

[edit] Screenshots and the like

{{Information
|Description=Blender 2.44:
{{de|Description in an additional language (here German)}}
{{en|Description in English}}
|Source=Screenshot of the GPL program [http://www.blender.org/ Blender]
|Date=2007-04-13
|Author=[[User:Your_Username_On_Commons|Your_Username_On_Commons]]
|Permission=See below
|other_versions=none
}}
== Licensing ==
{{free screenshot|license={{GPL}} }}
[[Category:Blender 3D screenshots]]

[edit] Example license for Elephants Dream

{{Information
|Description=Blender 2.44:
{{de|Description in an additional language (here German)}}
{{en|Description in English}}
|Source=Myself, based on files from the film [http://www.elephantsdream.org/ Elephants Dream], made by the [http://www.blender.org|Blender Foundation].
|Date=2007-04-13
|Author=[[User:Your_Username_On_Commons|Your_Username_On_Commons]]
|Permission=cc-by-2.5 derivative work
|other_versions=none
}}
== Licensing ==
{{cc-by-2.5}}
[[Category:Blender 3D]]