Public domain skeleton/animations?

[fromhell]

I think it'd be a very good idea for everyone

if

a
good set of polished unisex animations on a generic bipedal skeleton
with

animations for q1, 2, 3
and be public domain licensed
would encourage creative works not only for OA but Q3, WoP and      Q3


good idea !? problem is i suck at animating and the good artists hate non-copyrights

[Case]

the GPL enforces copyright.

[sago007]

the GPL enforces copyright.

That is the problem leileilol is referring too.

It is a thing that should just be done right just once. Not done wrong multiple times for every project out there.

If a basis animation was in public domain (or a weak copyleft license) all projects could use it and a lot of models (and possible new artists that had previously been held back) would appear everywhere.

[Snickersnack]

What do you have in mind?

Sergei's animations are somewhat generic and look decent to me.

[fromhell]

sergei is lefthanded and gpl licensed
starting from scratch for a medium proportioned unspecific skeleton would be better, and no unique bones or anything (i.e. no boobs bone, hair bones, finger bones etc)
test mesh would just be a box guy similar to max's biped

One issue is that WoP can't find an animator for q3 models because all that did do q3 models are often moved-on to a games industry career.

[Snickersnack]

Oh yeah, public domain.

Do you think this something like this would be easy for a professional? If it's generally useful, maybe the various free FPS communities could come together and commission a polished set?

I'd be willing to contribute.

I guess the alternative would be to grow are own expertise.

[dash9]

EDIT: nevermind