Anonymous
asked:
Is floraverse not a giant honeypot for undesirables who take other peoples art and sell it without asking for permission if everything has to be published under a creative commons license that allows anyone to do anything with everyones art so long as the signature is intact? You are annoyed if some dipshit sells mousepads or whatever with your art on it behind your back, right? Are you prepared to see a lot more of that with the added bonus of the total inability to do anything about it?
kecrambles
answered:

If someone is uncomfortable with the idea of anyone using their ideas or art, then they’re better off not participating.

Release the low-res art online if you want to participate but worry about people printing it off.

lexyeevee

the whole point of creative commons is that it’s not behind her back any more; the license explicitly gives everyone permission to do that

copyleft (or even more liberal MIT-style licensing) is totally scary but it means more people can create more interesting things without worrying about treading on any legal toes. there will always be dicks in the world and you are probably best off not worrying too much about what they do. if all they’re doing is reselling your art as-is, what’s stopping you from doing that yourself? and if they added their own spin to your work, well hey, you just helped someone else do a little bit of creative expression.

creative commons is for enriching culture as a whole, at the cost of letting your children go explore the world for better or worse

i might have to write a big ol’ serious post on copyright and copyleft now