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NASA 3d models and textures
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2016 8:51 pm
by CuteAlien
NASA open-sourced a lot of software recently. Turns out there's also a big repository of free 3d models and textures:
https://github.com/nasa/NASA-3D-Resources
License seems to allow using it for non-commercial software without trouble, for commercial software... maybe (I couldn't quite figure it out - starts with saying stuff is not copyrighted which is tricky here in germany where giving up copyright isn't possible, probably different in USA).
Models have all kind of formats like obj, fbx, stl, 3ds - often even coming with .blend files.
Re: NASA 3d models and textures
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2016 11:17 pm
by Cube_
most of NASA's stuff is free for commercial and noncommercial use. (with some caveats, read the relevant terms)
For more information on using NASA content for commercial purposes, please read NASA Advertising Guidelines. Any questions regarding use of NASA content, or any NASA image or emblem should be directed to Bert Ulrich of the Multimedia Division of NASA's Office of Communications at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
For information on NASA involvement in documentaries and films, please see documentary and fictional film project guidelines.
If the NASA material is to be used for commercial purposes, including advertisements, it must not explicitly or implicitly convey NASA's endorsement of commercial goods or services.
If a NASA image includes an identifiable person, using the image for commercial purposes may infringe that person's right of privacy or publicity, and permission should be obtained from the person.
Current NASA employees, including astronauts, may not appear in commercial material.
Commercials and promotional content cannot be filmed on NASA property.
For more information, see:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines/index.html
As for where giving up copyright isn't possible, NASA won't sue you - there's that, as a US govt. agency they legally have to public domain all the stuff.
For other countries presumably they own all rights but implicitly don't care (CC-Zero is a good license to substitute for)