ModelBase - spring model sharing site now online

[Licho]

Link: http://planet-wars.eu/ModelBase

Basics

ModelBase is model source sharing site with integrated subversion repository and game development tracking (progress of your mod models). It also contains list of latest news/RSS.
Its designed for Spring projects and runs on spring main server.

It tracks:
* models - their completion progress, comments, screenshots, tags
* games and game units - which need models and which are already done, comments, etc
* candidates - model can be a candidate for some game unit


Who can use it?

Modeler:
* to notify game developers about new model in progress
* to show others his work
* to cooperate on model and get help
* to get backup and hosting site for his work

Game developer:
* to search existing models for suitable candidates for game units
* to review game completion progress

Getting started modeler
- login to site (login = registration), site creates your subversion account and new folder for your models
- upload your models using these instructions
- get back to site and fill additional information about your model. Your progress assesment, tags, notes, comments.
- optionally put your model as a candidate for some existing units that need replacement models


Getting started mod developer
- login to site (login = registration)
- kindly ask Quantum to import data about your units from your game
to the site
- start managing your units and candidates


Notes
- if you think there should be more/different tags - contact any admin (listed in users as admins)
- it is designed for models that are WIP, dont be afraid to commit incomplete work, even work that you just started.
- if you have feature suggestion or need to ask something, do it in this thread.

Link: http://planet-wars.eu/ModelBase

[Licho]

Btw there is some minor problem with subvesion - it does not show commit logs on client-side. If you have any suggestion, help would be appretiated. Im unable to solve this annoyance.

EDIT: det solved it, thx!

[Hoi]

Cool.

[MidKnight]

- kindly ask Quantum to import data about your units from your game
to the site

I can do this, too!

[Pressure Line]

I endorse this product and/or service.

[Guessmyname]

Gonna add some of my oldies in a bit.

[Licho]

- kindly ask Quantum to import data about your units from your game
to the site

I can do this, too!

You sure? I dont mean models, i mean adding new game to game list :)

[Saktoth]

I still think it needs liscences attatched.

[Licho]

You mean for uploaded models? Yeah i agree.. give me licenses to select from and i will add them.

[MidKnight]

Public domain (no license)
GPL (and variants)
CC (and variants)

also, I'm pretty sure I can add new unit lists. I have access to the planetwars ftp, and can go by the CA list's format, right?

[imbaczek]

GPL for models is pointless; GFDL is more appropriate, if at all. CC-* are best IMHO, and cover 99% of the cases.

[Licho]

Well just decide it and let me know, i know next to nothing about licenses :)

And MK - units/games are stored in database. There is special utility that reads mod and imports data to the system. Its not in any file.

[MidKnight]

CC-* are best IMHO

I sure do hope jK doesn't have access to any WMDs

And MK - units/games are stored in database. There is special utility that reads mod and imports data to the system. Its not in any file.

oh.

[Licho]

Added simple instructions how to upload models:

http://planet-wars.eu/ModelBase/SubversionHowTo.aspx

If you are scared by it, dont be, its really simple :)

I hope this system will become unit universe for spring.

And i still need that list of licenses!

[jK]

GPL for models is pointless; GFDL is more appropriate, if at all. CC-* are best IMHO, and cover 99% of the cases.

All CC `licenses` aren't FSF-free and so they won't get in many linux package systems (and so it covers <40% of all cases).
And yeah, GPL'ing models is pointless, but there is the GPL-oriented ArtisticLicense2 (AL2), which really covers 99% of the cases.

[Neddie]

FSF-free is not free, and not all open source projects are foolish enough to believe it is, nor narrow in their interpretation to the point of excluding the CC licenses. Subdiscussion over.

Just include the CC, AL2, PD options until somebody tries to register a model with another license.

CC-BY
CC-BY-SA
CC-BY-NC
CC-BY-NC-SA
PD
AL2

Here are a few other options...
OAL - http://www.three.org/openart/license/index.html
FAL - http://opendefinition.org/licenses/fal

[Licho]

Can you please give me links to other licenses too?

I will put them on site along with the option.

[daan 79]

I am complete horrible with computers in general. That said. Thsi is what i get. After i put in the name and code i used to register on the modelbase site.

Authorisation failed.

[Licho]

I see you there registered as "Daan"
so if you cannot log in, you probably forget/misspelled your password..
create new account?

[Licho]

Or you mean when committing? You can only commit your subversion folder - not any other.