SuperSymbols.com was created by De-Wise . The idea, the design, the coding, - you name it, all that is my own responsibility. And of course I am the sole maintainer too. On average I spend half an hour per day on this manifestation of my ASCII addiction. The ASCII addiction also includes the making of ASCII pictures. You can find most of my pictures in my Gallery and some more information about the `artist' in me by clicking on my initials in any of my ASCII drawings.
General Notes on Copyright and ASCII Art
First the summary: Almost all ASCII art is somehow protected by copyright laws. In other words, you can copy ASCII pictures for personal use, like for enhancing your private emails, but if you want to use ASCII art for non-personal affairs (e.g. publications, books, web portals, or README files of software packages) you need the explicit permission of the creator must follow certain rules (see below for fair use). Please do not confuse copyright with `trademark'. The latter is about money, and has to be registered and defended, whereas copyright is about `control' and does not require any action by an author to own and keep the copyright for his or her work.
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General Notes on Copyright and ASCII Art
First the summary: Almost all ASCII art is somehow protected by copyright laws. In other words, you can copy ASCII pictures for personal use, like for enhancing your private emails, but if you want to use ASCII art for non-personal affairs (e.g. publications, books, web portals, or README files of software packages) you need the explicit permission of the creator must follow certain rules (see below for fair use). Please do not confuse copyright with `trademark'. The latter is about money, and has to be registered and defended, whereas copyright is about `control' and does not require any action by an author to own and keep the copyright for his or her work.
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