Achaean News
Clarification on HELP BARDIC and originality of submissions
Written by: Clementius, the Weaver
Date: Friday, November 3rd, 2006
Addressed to: Everyone
We want all entries in art and bardic competitions to be
completely original, with no copied/clip-art/pre-fab/borrowed
or other elements. Perhaps this was not clear before, so we're
intending to make it exceedingly clear now.
If you drew it, or wrote it, great. Use it.
If you borrowed it, copied it, got it from a cool site,
used it from a public domain clip-art source, used a
pre-fab/pre-made 3d model, or anything like that, DON'T USE IT!
This has been updated in HELP BARDIC, both under rule 1 and
in the explanation under 'Completely Original'. We're not sure
how what we wrote could not have been clear but, ok, let's just
make it clearer.
We realise that modern technology begins to blur the lines
for what is original or not. And we realise that courts and
lawyers are even now arguing stuff like this. So fine, we
won't give a perfect formulation, but we'll do our best.
Just make sure you did it. All of it. When you submit any
thing to us, make sure it really is 100% yours, and we'll all
be fine.
We're not saying anything else is bad art, or illegal, or evil.
We're just saying these are our rules for our competition.
Penned by my hand on the 25th of Miraman, in the year 435 AF.
Clarification on HELP BARDIC and originality of submissions
Written by: Clementius, the Weaver
Date: Friday, November 3rd, 2006
Addressed to: Everyone
We want all entries in art and bardic competitions to be
completely original, with no copied/clip-art/pre-fab/borrowed
or other elements. Perhaps this was not clear before, so we're
intending to make it exceedingly clear now.
If you drew it, or wrote it, great. Use it.
If you borrowed it, copied it, got it from a cool site,
used it from a public domain clip-art source, used a
pre-fab/pre-made 3d model, or anything like that, DON'T USE IT!
This has been updated in HELP BARDIC, both under rule 1 and
in the explanation under 'Completely Original'. We're not sure
how what we wrote could not have been clear but, ok, let's just
make it clearer.
We realise that modern technology begins to blur the lines
for what is original or not. And we realise that courts and
lawyers are even now arguing stuff like this. So fine, we
won't give a perfect formulation, but we'll do our best.
Just make sure you did it. All of it. When you submit any
thing to us, make sure it really is 100% yours, and we'll all
be fine.
We're not saying anything else is bad art, or illegal, or evil.
We're just saying these are our rules for our competition.
Penned by my hand on the 25th of Miraman, in the year 435 AF.