One of the most common questions I get, and quite likely the most irrelevant, is “how shall the artists get paid?” in a scenario where the copyright monopoly is scaled back to sensible levels. But it makes no sense to ask that of a politician, for two primary and two secondary reasons.

Today I happened upon a site I really, really wish had been there in 2000 when I started my own game project. Free software games often suffer from poorly-executing graphics, simply because it's a real challenge coordinating both the artistic and software needs of a project. Few developers are good at both, and so it makes sense to accumulate commonly-needed elements in one place.

Almost have all the major holidays covered in ASCII ;)

After having released his professional game art 'for free' for years, Daniel Cook made the usage terms clear once and for all, by selecting an attribution license, published by Creative Commons, for his works.

Now these precious 2D images can be used by open source (game) projects without ever fearing Debian's lawyers asking about DFSG compatability!

One of the coolest Perl pictures I've seen - with a twist!

Happy Thanksgiving. Enjoy the turkey :) Description not long enough? Really "Really" enjoy the turkey ;)

It's been a few years since the Free software, Turn based strategy game: The Battle for Wesnoth, made it's humble beginnings. Ever since then, little by little, not only has the code and game play been improving but the artwork has made huge leaps in quality.

So take a dive in the world of Wesnoth and see for yourself some of the best pieces of original/traditional art the Free software world has produced.