Hi everyone, first time here...I had no idea this site even existed! Great resource. Anyway, I'm a graphic designer/illustrator and I lend a lot of my spare time to free/open source software projects.
I'd like to get an idea of how much (if any) Freely-licensed, church-related media exists. This would include illustrations, photography, fonts, music, video, and so on.
This sort of material could be used to support Free Software projects related to the church.
There's a TON of commercial work out there, but I don't want to work against copyright, especially because this could mean an instant red light for a freely-distributable software project.
So...any links, or ideas? Thanks for your help.
Freely-licensed media for custom software work?
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The family search wiki (wiki.familysearch.org) is licensed under Creative Commons / Non-Commercial. They are also very interested in free / openly licensed church media, and are attempting to create a collection. Their interests are likely not directly in sync with yours, but you should poke in over there and ask around. They also have undertaken an initiative to get more of the church's media open for collaboration.maruchan wrote:Hi everyone, first time here...I had no idea this site even existed! Great resource. Anyway, I'm a graphic designer/illustrator and I lend a lot of my spare time to free/open source software projects.
I'd like to get an idea of how much (if any) Freely-licensed, church-related media exists. This would include illustrations, photography, fonts, music, video, and so on.
This sort of material could be used to support Free Software projects related to the church.
There's a TON of commercial work out there, but I don't want to work against copyright, especially because this could mean an instant red light for a freely-distributable software project.
So...any links, or ideas? Thanks for your help.
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Your best bet is to contact the intellectual property office of the Church to determine what is freely usable and what is not.
Phone: 1-801-240-3959 or 1-800-453-3860, ext. 2-3959
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It is not the wiki you need to search, but the people on the wiki.maruchan wrote:...I took a look at the wiki, but it wasn't immediately obvious where things might be...later maybe I'll use the "search" function
I do not think they have a library built yet, but I know they are working on one. You might find more information on getting church media opened.
Try the user group meetings:
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Family ... up_meeting
Or the forum:
http://familysearchsupport.org/vbb/
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Thanks for that information, The Earl. I also just got this from the IP email address provided by tomw:
I wonder if there are LDS artists or media producers out there who wouldn't object to their work being reproduced in a reasonable way. In my experience though, many LDS artists are pretty tight-fisted when it comes to copyright and reproduction. Also, this would cause some distribution trouble for open-source-type projects.
Well, I'm pretty blown away if that's the best they can do.We regret to inform you that we are not able to provide this information as you are requesting.
Best wishes and thank you for contacting our office.
I wonder if there are LDS artists or media producers out there who wouldn't object to their work being reproduced in a reasonable way. In my experience though, many LDS artists are pretty tight-fisted when it comes to copyright and reproduction. Also, this would cause some distribution trouble for open-source-type projects.