People who's works are/aren't open source!

[The Rippah, Roo'Jizah Panzermanathod]

Edit: This list can also be found at Random Select here: http://randomselect.i-xcell.com/forum/index.php?topic=3844.0 -Excursion

Preamble: Below is a list of circumctances that was agreed upon by various individuals in the Mugen community not particularly affiliated with Infinity. It is understood that you may edit any Mugen character for your own private use but if you end up using any creators material without permission for public use (even if the creator is gone from mugen for any length of time) you will be held responsible for any negative ramifications of your actions. As far as Infinity is concerned, a years absence is NOT enough time to consider a work abandoned. - Acey 05/30/08

Under the following circumstances however you are allowed to use or modify parts from another creator's character if:

# The creator and all his or her works have been offline for approximately a year.
# There is no contact to reach or representative for said person to reach regarding hosting of said works, and there is no previous indication of denial to use said parts or modify said character
# Said work is not private and leaked online (thus, no Blaque)
# If the creator returns and demands removal of said work, you comply immediately.
# The work is not a fully edited character (see: Rikard's work, excludes Evil Dan conversely) to the point of originality, or made of original sprites entirely (see: Borghi's work).
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With these amendments to the rules in mind, it would seem reasonable (at least to me) to have a list of "ok to edit and distribute" characters. This is an accumulative effort, as my knowledge of different creators are limited. You, the people, must fill this list. So, just as there is an unrequestables list, here's one for "abandoned" characters. Please make a mention as to whether or not the creator is active or not. Suggestions welcome.

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Due to an inability to reach their creators and/or the fact that the works have been offline for around a year or more, these creations can be safely edited and distributed. In other words, Open Source.
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Character (Creator Name)

Ken X and Ryu X (LimitedMoon) (Can be reached through Kung Fu Man, though)

All characters made by these people are Open Sourced due to rules.

Matheus





Also, to spread the word, here is a list of people who are currently active or "retired" and are known to have Open Sourced characters. If there's only a certain part of a character that is open source, make sure to mention it.

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Known Open Sourced Works
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All characters made by these people are known to be Open Sourced.
All characters made by these people are known to be Open Source from info gathered
(NOTE: ALWAYS GIVE CREDIT!):

Elecbyte (material packaged by them with mugen EXE only)
-SyN-
Abster
Alchemist - ONLY Sakura Plus and Cammy(mvc2) are opensource. I wouldn't mind someone completing Sakura since I had a HDD crash.
aokmaniac13
Arma X
@ndroide
Aztec Soldier
BBaga
Bia/SMEE/SMI
blunted
Cabbit007
Chrono_Strife
Cirio
Cyanide (unless otherwise specified, notably sprites in Sonic Battle)
Cybaster
DarkValentine
DavidGee/Infirmia
Di Gi Jared
DiscoInferno (Green Ranger only)
DG
DJ-Van
Don Drago
[E]dgar/MaximillianJenus
EricX
Ermac Won
Felineki (unless otherwise stated)
GM(with permission only)
IronMugen (code only)
Jango
Jessica Smoke(Steven Seagal ver6.2, SFTM Ken, Hunter Killer 6.1)
Jo (save for collaborations)
Jin/MugenJin
K3nshin (Only Strider Hien)
K.O.D/Ninja_Naruto
KoYoTae/Corntortillas (save for Silver Samurai sprites and sounds)
Laxxe23/Zeckle (only the code)
LegatoB
LimitedMoon
Loona
Majita
Mambojambo (sprites only)
Messatsu
MostMysterious
Mouser
Mulambø
NeoCide (Majita only)
NeoKamek/Kamek (unless otherwise stated)
Nobun
obreck2
O IlusionistaI'M NOT OPEN SOURCE ANYMORE! YOU NEED TO ASK TO ME FIRST
OnslaughtX
OrochiWeapon2000 (code only, must ask regarding sprites)
P.o.t.S. (except for CvS2 FX)
Reu (code only)
Renzo
ROQUE
Sancyo
Sepp
Scar (Balrog, Deejay and Dan only)
SyN (does not include his full game)
TestP
TheNone  (unless otherwise stated)
TigerMask
Thomas Hsieh
Useless Chicken (only his Akuma)
VinceJ
Warner
Warusaki3 (Note: must ask permission for CvS chars, as works include content from H")
Yzan
Zeldagis296 (must include readme)




Because it was inevitable...

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Known CLOSED Sourced Works
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You *cannot* edit and distribute the works of:

ahrimanes
BadDarkness
Borghi
Byakko
Chottomaru
cmh777
Deuce
Fervicante
FlowaGirl/TheNecromancer
Fou-Lu
FreezeMan
H"
Helios
Hoshi
intense mc
Jesuszilla
JinKazama
Kamekaze
Kung Fu Man
Loganir
Lost Soldier
M@ppy
Mature4Evr
McCready
MGBenz
Moldredd
Mr. Fong
N64Mario
NeoAnkh
NeoCide
NeoGouki
Neon Tiger
Orochi Herman
OrochiKOF97
Pneophen
Rikard
Roken
Rolento
ShinRyoga
Splode
Sunboy
Supermystery (unless otherwise stated)
Third
TMasta
Vans
VisualKreations
XCalibreBlade
XGargoyle
ZSabreUser

[b.easy]

Ken X and Ryu X by LimitedMoon (inactive)
All characters by ROQUE (active)

[Megafanx13]

Characters By ER status: inactive

[The Rippah, Roo'Jizah Panzermanathod]

Could you mention if the creator is still active or not?

[shootYr.]

Kung Fu Man's Readme says you can edit him and distribute his files as edited.

Ummm..... All of POTS Creations are open source? Why?

[The Rippah, Roo'Jizah Panzermanathod]

After Guild's make-over, P.o.t.S. made his stuff open source.

[shootYr.]

After Guild's make-over, P.o.t.S. made his stuff open source.

Orly?

[The Rippah, Roo'Jizah Panzermanathod]

After Guild's make-over, P.o.t.S. made his stuff open source.

Orly?

Ya rly!

[SirAnzai]

Most_Mysterious's creations are open-source (his brother, The_None, confirms that MM stated that when he left years ago).

[Kung Fu Man]

Panzer: You might split that into two sections. One being known open source, another being open source due to the rules.

known open source additions:
-Mouser
-TestP

Due to the rules:
-Thomas Hsieh

Btw, there's been some confusion about these three: they are not open source and are still around:
-TheNecromancer/FlowaGirl
-Deuce
-BigEliKing

[The Rippah, Roo'Jizah Panzermanathod]

Actually, the list *is* split into 2 sections.

[Kung Fu Man]

Ah my bad. MM should go in the confirmed open-source section then given what Anzai said.

Thomas Hsieh made note of for open source under rules.

[The Rippah, Roo'Jizah Panzermanathod]

Didn't know Eli was "back".

Don't know what to do with that list of creators with closed sourced characters. This was meant as a list for open sourced characters, and a list of closed sourced creations would probably be too large.

But I'll see what I can think of.

[Kung Fu Man]

He never really left actually Panzer, just hangs out in the same 'bar' most of us do, occaisonally where the whole community shabang is discussed and all that good jazz.

[Megafanx13]

is there a reason why ER can't be on the list the same way hsieh is?

couldnt scar release his spawn?

[Sync The Tempest]

i thought this was gonna be a sticky

[The Rippah, Roo'Jizah Panzermanathod]

is there a reason why ER can't be on the list the same way hsieh is?

I didn't see the edit at first. Sorry about that.

[StarXS]

wouldn't MystikBlaze's stuff fall under open source? He hasn't been around since the early days right?

[The Rippah, Roo'Jizah Panzermanathod]

Alright.

And can a mod sticky this?

[Taka]

That would make the world a lot happier.

[Megafanx13]

Jin Kazama's Stuff status: inactive

[Taka]

I think Scar won't release his Spawn because it shows disrespect to E.R. But ofcourse its been a while since he last logged in......RELEASE HIM! 

[TehDemon]

shoudn't all of the Mrev teams stuff be on this list too? Regarding Scar's MvC spawn, don't force him to release it (that being said, yes I would like to haev his spawn as well), he will release it if he wants to.

[Kung Fu Man]

Hold it.

Jin, MystikBlaze, and MRev all stated no in readmes at the very least: that still counts as a given they don't go on here (readme states no, it is still no unless they state otherwise at a later time). JinKazama's still around too: last we heard, he was working on a MK game.

[TehDemon]

Hold it.

Jin, MystikBlaze, and MRev all stated no in readmes at the very least: that still counts as a given they don't go on here (readme states no, it is still no unless they state otherwise at a later time). JinKazama's still around too: last we heard, he was working on a MK game.

my bad