tag: Creative Commons

Reading Floss+Art really has got me wondering if art should be free. By free I don’t mean public domain, but rather in a way that ensures the work stays free, such as releasing their work under Creative Commons or some similar Copyleft licence?

When I approached this question I split it into two questions, should art be free and should design be free. To clarify, I see art as something more aesthetic, more pleasing to the eye. I don’t think it strictly is there to answer questions, but more to raise them. It’s like a fiction book, which isn’t there to provide facts, but to entertain.

I’m currently delving into Open Source Art. Here’s a mind map I created using Freemind (Click for full size)

I’m still writing something more about it but it’s proving to be a gargantuan-sized task! Feel free to debate and discuss