ScatmansWorld
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The sink hole in the middle of it all is that Moto42’s original article is based off of the image in the same ways video game is based off the words, so since 173 is technically a derivative of that non-commercial image, all SCP merch might be illegal.
Whatever though.
Since we’re talking licenses, I’d like to provide some clarification that only like 3-4 SCPs have their image under some copyright. The rest have their stories and likenesses licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 as previously mentioned in this thread.
CC BY-SA is a copyleft license, and compared to the public domain you could think of it as viral public domain. It specifies that you can do whatever you want with the licensed property, even commercially, with only four requirements.
1. You must attribute the original creator
2. If you create a derivative property, you must specify the changes you’ve made.
3. You must license your derivative/contributions under the same CC BY-SA license (That’s the “ShareAlike” part)
4. To further comply with rule 3, you cannot apply legal terms or technological restrictions to impede others from using the freedoms the license permits.
As an example, Cinderella is a public domain character, so Disney was able to create their own version of Cinderella who is also copyrighted by them. If Cinderella was licensed under a copyleft license, Disney’s version of the Cinderella character would also have to be licensed under the same terms.
Basically what this means is 99% of the SCP characters and articles are licensed in a way that they are not and never will be “owned” by anyone, and you’re free to share them and build on them however you want.
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