[Dragaera] Attribution on swag items... things to consider

[Elizabeth Dalton]

I heard from Steve. He likes the attribution, but thinks a full 
copyright notice is overkill. So, based on that and other input, I plan 
to change the quotes over to an attribution consisting of "-- Steven 
Brust" with the name of the book, if it seems appropriate. It'll take a 
few days to do this on all the items, but they'll get done eventually.

Now regarding the "snowclone" humor items, e.g. "got klava?" and "What 
would Sethra do?" I'm less sure, and Steve wasn't able to express a 
preference. That's where the notice seems the most intrusive, but I 
still feel some kind of attribution would be a good idea. I'm currently 
favoring small text saying "From the works of Steven Brust" or something 
similar, as unobtrusively incorporated into the design as possible. What 
do you folks think?

Finally, what about the Cycle and House items? We have two elements to 
consider, the graphics and the text. If the text is from Steve's poem, 
it's a quote and can be handled as above. If it's from Mark's poem, he's 
asked for a copyright notice. The graphic designs are mine and are CCNC 
(Creative Commons Non-Commercial), intended to allow re-use if people 
want, e.g. in a wiki or as an avatar, just not resale. I'm willing to 
reduce the size of the attribution text on the Cycle images. (I also 
heard that at least one person wants the Cycle image with no text... is 
that a common desire?)

But no House items have sold at all yet... does anyone even want these 
items? Should I stop working on them? I've had fun trying to think about 
different ways to express the character of each House using fonts, 
colors, and text layout, but if no one else is interested, I shouldn't 
waste time on this.

On the other hand, if someone out there has a better idea for House 
shirts, and wants to use the silhouettes I put together from public 
domain and CC art, I'm happy to share. :)

Your devoted servant,

--
Elizabeth Dalton
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