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<p><font size="-2">Hello,</font></p>
<p><font size="-2">I'm hoping I can get a better understanding of
the licenses associated with MakeHuman.<br>
</font></p>
<p><font size="-2">MakeHuman is a program that allows you to
generate 3D human characters, adjusting numerous parameters such
as height, weight, gender, race, facial and body details,
clothing, etc. etc. The program is licensed with the AGPL. It
creates exports consisting of 3D meshes, material descriptions,
and texture images. The exports are licensed AGPL as well, but
if they are produced using an unmodified official version of the
program the user is granted the option to apply CC0 instead.</font></p>
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<p><font size="-2"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;
font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start;
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width:
0px; background-color: rgba(53, 53, 53, 0.5);
text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">As a
special and limited exception, the copyright holders of the
MakeHuman assets grants the option to use CC0 1.0 Universal
as published by the Creative Commons, either version 1.0 of
the License, or (at your option) any later version, as a
license for the MakeHuman characters exported under the
conditions that a) The assets were bundled in an export that
was made using the file export functionality inside an
OFFICIAL and UNMODIFIED version of MakeHuman and/or b) the
asset solely consists of a 2D binary image in PNG, BMP or
JPG format.</span></font></p>
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<p><font size="-2">My understanding of CC0 is that it is a
declaration that you have placed the work in the public domain,
with a fallback license in case the law in a particular
jurisdiction doesn't permit that. If the user takes the CC0
option, what is the status of the individual assets that are
bundled into the export? Are they in the public domain or still
copyrighted by the MakeHuman authors?<br>
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<p><font size="-2">What I find confusing is whether CC0 is a license
that can be applied to a particular copy of a work, or if using
CC0 means the work itself, not just a particular copy of it, is
placed in the public domain. I'm also unsure about licensing a
bundle of assets.<br>
</font></p>
<p><font size="-2">The complete license is at <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.makehuman.org/license.php">http://www.makehuman.org/license.php</a>
and there is an explanation of it at <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.makehuman.org/license_explanation.php">http://www.makehuman.org/license_explanation.php</a></font></p>
<p><font size="-2">I am interested in understanding the implications
of the current license, and also in knowing if there is a better
way to license MakeHuman that prevents MakeHuman non-code assets
from being used in closed source software, while still allowing
unencumbered use of the exported character.</font></p>
<p><font size="-2">I should say that the vast majority of MakeHuman
users do not redistribute the exported character data, they use
it to create images or video, which MakeHuman makes no claim
on. The only time there are issues is if the generated
character is used in a larger work, such as a game, 3D artwork,
or VR experience.<br>
</font></p>
<font size="-2">Thanks,<br>
Lindsay<br>
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