Crypton actually licenses their characters under the noncommercial Creative Commons license, since they recognize that their whole business (and the desirabilit

Crypton actually licenses their characters under the noncommercial Creative Commons license, since they recognize that their whole business (and the desirability for companies to want to license them) stems from fans creating a whole world of music and visual art surrounding them. It's a great example of a company seizing an opportunity and not stepping on the fan communities that built them said opportunity.