Look man, we have asked every author what license/copyright he wanted for his map. All of them wanted restrictive licenses. Nowadays it doesn't matter if it says "by blah" or "© 2010 by blah" - both means exactly the same. Even "" means the same.
Again I think this mindset that you should be able to mess with everything someone else crated just the way you please, and furthermore that you have an almost godgiven right to do so is just disrespectful and greedy in my book. This has nothing to do with any license crap or copyright notices, just my 2 cents. Maybe we should simply stop to mention the word "opensource" anywhere at all, because it seems to attract this way of thinking. I won't answer you anymore from now on.
Just one more:
"But the people who honestly want to improve or work off of things should be allowed to, especially if the one enforcing copyright doesn't hold the copyright him/herself(s). "
If you plan to make a new version of a map, feel free to contact the author and ask him if it's okay - if he likes your plans or concept, he might give you the permisson., or he tells you to stop If you can't contact him, you're out of luck, simple as that.
Again I think this mindset that you should be able to mess with everything someone else crated just the way you please, and furthermore that you have an almost godgiven right to do so is just disrespectful and greedy in my book. This has nothing to do with any license crap or copyright notices, just my 2 cents. Maybe we should simply stop to mention the word "opensource" anywhere at all, because it seems to attract this way of thinking. I won't answer you anymore from now on.
Just one more:
"But the people who honestly want to improve or work off of things should be allowed to, especially if the one enforcing copyright doesn't hold the copyright him/herself(s). "
If you plan to make a new version of a map, feel free to contact the author and ask him if it's okay - if he likes your plans or concept, he might give you the permisson., or he tells you to stop If you can't contact him, you're out of luck, simple as that.