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Physically-Based Rendering in glTF 2.0 using WebGL
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Studio Neutral IBL requires attribution/copyright notice #570

Closed echadwick-dgg3d closed 1 month ago

echadwick-dgg3d commented 3 months ago

The IBL "Studio Neutral" currently included in the glTF Sample Viewer requires CC BY 4.0 attribution. The Viewer would need to show this attribution somehow.

I would suggest adding the IBL credit to the Credits tab, as a separate section under the Model Credits, potentially under a headline like "IBL Credits": (c) 2020, Amazon, LLC. Distributed by Khronos Group, <GitHub URL for external distribution> License: CC BY 4.0 International, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

Note that we would need to provide the GitHub URL to the IBL file.

Another option (not preferred) would be to replace it with a CC0 asset such as Studio Small 09 from Polyhaven: https://polyhaven.com/a/studio_small_09 However the Polyhaven IBLs are not monochrome, nor have they been tested as extensively as the Amazon IBL.

The Amazon license is viewable via the Khronos GitLab (private to Khronos members): https://gitlab.khronos.org/ash_miller/analytical-ibls/-/blob/master/LICENSE?ref_type=heads


#License

All content in this folder including all sub-folders are copyrighted (c) 2020, Amazon, LLC.

All content in this folder including the images (Chromatic, Directional, and Neutral) plus all files in the CalibrationObjects folder are licensed as

Creative Comons By Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0 International)

where the license legal text is located at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

and the descriptive code is located at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Summarizing the descriptive code: You are free to do the following

Share and redistribute the content in any medium or format
Adapt, transform, or change the content for any purpose
As long as you do the following

Provide credit to
Amazon, LLC as copyright owner
Provide credit to Khronos Group, as primary distributor
Provide a link to the license CC BY 4.0 International
Indicate what changes, if any were made to the content
You may not apply legal terms or technilogical measures that legally restrict others from doing anything this license permits.
Credit may be accomplished by including the following statement: (c) 2020, Amazon, LLC. Distributed by Khronos Group, <GitHub URL for external distribution> License: CC BY 4.0 International, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode