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XXV
XXV aka Steve Pomeroy is a 30.9 year old boy, has been a member since November 9, 2005, has scored 107 submissions, giving an average score of 2.34, helping 4 designs get printed.
URL: http://staticfree.info/
remixed version of a classic vector graphic sample
I thought I had seen this particular butterfly before. It's a modified version of http://www.croczilla.com/~alex/old-site/butterfly.png (see http://www.croczilla.com/~alex/old-site/ for the SVG version which was probably used for this design).

From what I gather, it's an old JASC WebDraw sample (now owned by Corel Draw). I'm going to guess that the original art is public domain (or near it, being a sample graphic), so not too many worries there.

That said, the overall design is well done. Very neat :-)

tesco
   tesco on Oct 17 '06 at 8:37pm
oh snap? nice way to recycle an old bit of clip art. genuine kudos to the designer.
LOBSTRA
LOBSTRA on Oct 17 '06 at 10:39pm
public domain usually doesn't apply to things that are going to be sold unless explicit permission for that purpose is given
Robotic Art
Robotic Art on Oct 18 '06 at 10:17am
Last I checked public domain didn't mean you could go make a profit off of it.



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XXV
XXV on Oct 19 '06 at 7:03am
Public domain means it's fair game for anything. Absolutely anything (as far as I know). Because the rest of the public has access to it, you can sell it to them if you want. They don't have to buy it, of course ;-)

Check out the Creative Common's public domain dedication http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/

The main thing it disclaims is the ability for the original creator to copyright it. Usage rights are unlimited.



Clipart tends to be licensed in ways that would only make use on a shirt like this legal with payment (or purchasing of the clipart originally), but I think this is different. This was art that came bundled with a program, to show it off (I believe). The original artist probably sold their rights to the work to the company they were working for, but that entity was absorbed by Corel. And I guess they probably wouldn't care.
Toriff
Toriff on Oct 19 '06 at 7:37am
Another reason for this shirt to suck.
LOBSTRA
LOBSTRA on Oct 19 '06 at 9:09am
That's interesting -- when I was helping a friend of mine work on writing a text book she was having a hard time finding clip art that was public domain and available for use in commercial publications. I'll have to let her know that if something is public domain, she can, by definition, use it for commercial means.
Westwood
Westwood on Oct 19 '06 at 9:15am
I work at a company that creates promotional products for companies, i.e. pens, mugs, shirts, etc. We use Corel, and we use the clip-art all the time if the customer requests something like that. It's not illegal as far as I know, and I'm sure the company would have looked into it.
mindtrance
mindtrance on Oct 19 '06 at 9:18am
yea, I knew it from someplace too.
XXV
XXV on Oct 19 '06 at 6:08pm
Westwood: From what I understand it's generally the act of buying the Corel product that gives you some rights to the clipart. Obviously it varies for different clipart libraries.



I bet it's in the shrinkwrap license.
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