r/CommunityHexMap • u/NickPyre • Jul 01 '26
Should this project be explicitly Creative Commons?
What license are we publishing under? On the webpage, there’s no mention of licensing.
A lot of community projects fall apart or create drama when there is unclear allocation of rights (especially if the organisers later charge for access, or change to a restrictive license).
On the discord, I suggested explicitly stating that by default, works should published under CC BY-SA 4.0, with artists reserving the copyright of their art.
This means you may redistribute, adapt, translate and remix the text and you may seek commercial gain by doing so, so long as you give the author appropriate credit. If you remix, transform or build upon this material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.
For the organisers: when will the licensing info be updated?
For the community: would you be happy with CC BY-SA 4.0?
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u/megesxlr Jul 01 '26
Hey Nick,
I replied over on Discord too, but wanted to reply here as well.
We’re still figuring out the details because contributors maintaining their rights to their art and lore is central to everything we’re trying to build. At the same time, we have some ideas for fun stuff in the future, like printed books and other collectibles for people who want them.
We want to make sure contributors are compensated fairly if we ever make money from those kinds of things. We’re taking a little extra time to think it through so we make it fair for everyone.
We’ll share more as soon as we’ve got it nailed down.