Plastic explosive!

IHMO what a fascinating combination of smoke and fire this thread has been. I have been wanting to post some nonsense but held my fire until this cooler person popped in and clarified things as usual.

What does it say about the Poser Community that the subject of intellectual propery rights seems to be the most interesting thing you can post about on this forum (easily beating out t*ts and *ss, it seems)? I don't know.

Also IMHO the second best post has been XENOPHONZ, "I'm looking forward to enjoying P6." A glad-heartening note in a conglomeration of ill-informed (as it turns out) but nonetheless interesting opinions. XENO, I await P6 Day like Ralphy did Christmas when he was sure he was getting the BB gun!

And when, on that day, I studiously read the whole P6 EULA with a magnifying glass, I just hope it doesn't say, "... by clicking on that box you agreed that you do not, never have, and never will use in this software program female models with ugly ankles under penalty of death."

What would I do with V3 then? And if I decide to make a product (like clothes) for the new P6 figures, I hope I won't have to call CL and ask permission (as it is said that I have to contact DAZ for their go-ahead). Just like if I want to make a dune-buggy out of an old VW (and sell it), I do not have to call Deutschland and ask somebody there for permission.

Legalese aside, it seems to me that everything we all make (from DAZ and CL to the lowliest of the lowly, such as myself) is derivative (in the true sense of the word). Neither DAZ nor CL invented 3D modeling. When DAZ finishes a new product, do they call Descartes and ask him if it's ok to use his spatial coord system? No, because Descartes lived long before the age of too many lawyers.