PyWeek - Question about the rules

Our team had a little dispute about what media we are allowed to use for our game. Specifically, we want to add a song made by a band in which some of our members are playing, which is not released under a CC-like lincense. Some of us believe that using it would be allowed, since it is our song, while the rest thinks the opposite.

Richard or anyone: Does all media included have to be released under the CC license, or are we free to use it?

— j-1 on 2008/04/04 12:54 of Ghetto VIking: The prophecy

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By milker on 2008/04/04 14:11:

I don't know ?!

By RB[0] on 2008/04/04 14:18:

Only music freely available to all contestants may be used. sorry :(

By ServalKatze on 2008/04/04 14:42:

Mhmm... Unless your band wrote and recorded that song during Pyweek..

By HanClinto on 2008/04/04 14:54:

IANAPWA (I am not a PyWeek Admin), but the way I understand it is this. If content (music, sound, graphics) is going to be released with your game it must either be:
1. Freely available to all participants before the start of the contest.
OR
2. Made within the confines of the time limit.

The same goes for code libraries, but PyWeek has a 1-month limit on that so that the library has time to be learned by anyone who is interested.

By j-1 on 2008/04/04 15:04:

Freely available as in with a free license or as in beer?

By eugman on 2008/04/04 15:10:

From the rules:

"6. Existing artwork, music and sound effects may be used

As with the use of existing codebases, the intention is that all entrants start with a level playing field in artwork too. This means you shouldn't develop artwork beforehand that you intend to use during the challenge unless you also make that artwork freely available to all other entrants."

By richard on 2008/04/04 22:43:

What they said :)