Attached Link: http://www.opensource.org/site_index.php

The Open Source software community is very concerned about topics very similar to this. They point out that "just giving something away" has no real legal standing. A license protects both the giver and the receiver; suppose you take back your "gift" now, what protections does Creature House have? What if someone alters your original, making child pornography or otherwise injuring someone; what protections do you have? Reciently I obtained permission to use several photos from members of this site in a tutorial (that Star should be posting soon). I did NOT go through the license procedure. This was before I read about such stuff. But I guess I should have, just to make everyone safe. And avoid hard feelings. I will still continue to give things away to my friends, but then I can't really be surprised if they use the gift in unexpected ways. The link is to several samples of Open Source licenses. Various ones have different language --limiting commercial reuse, etc. They are written towards software, but could likely be modified for other art. A very simple example is the MIT license: Copyright (c) Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.