JHoagland opened this issue on Oct 31, 2004 ยท 9 posts
nahie posted Sun, 31 October 2004 at 8:13 PM
Hey John, These models look great! I love sci fi stuff and the models you make are top notch. Maybe this goes in another section but I'm wondering...and this kinda relates to the blackhawk/DAZ blackhawk copyright discussion... Recently Jon Malis poserized someone's mech models for freebies over at RDNA. The models are awesome but I think I read the original models were based off the Mech Warrior games. I'm wondering if these models (Malis Mechs) can be used in renders commercially (or even non-commercial), as there is a copyright on them I assume (I think Microsoft bought the Mech Warrior series and we all know how agressive MS can be about copyright). The readme from the Jon Malis Mechs says they can be used however you want but after the fiasco over the Daz military models, I'm not really comfortable using them, especially as they are free and maybe considered "fan art." Are your mechs based off Mech Warrior or will we be in the clear using them, just like your Blackhawk model? I've seen some star wars models on your site so I was just wondering about that.