Forum: Community Center


Subject: Tacky or Cool ?

spinner opened this issue on Apr 24, 2005 ยท 17 posts


cooler posted Mon, 25 April 2005 at 2:11 AM

Howdy folks, Legally I don't see a problem with using a tutorial to make something for sale, provided there are no restrictions against it in the tutorial itself. A tutorial is, after all a set of instructions, like a repair manual or even a recipe. You wouldn't expect to buy a cookbook & then find out you couldn't use the apple pie recipe to make something for your kids' bake sale would you? Does that mean I think it's okay? No. I do think it's extremely rude, especially without notifying or asking the tutorial writer 1st. Of course I'm one of those walking anachronisms who thinks manners actually make a difference :-) What I would suggest is to include the following (feel free to steal & adapt as needed :-).... This tutorial was created so people could understand the principles behind it & use that understanding to further their skills. It is NOT supposed to be an end in itself. If you are planning to use the output of this tutorial, as is, in a commercial product.. don't. If you do I promise you that there will be a free version, as close to yours as legally possible, pimped on every online store, forum, message board, email list, and usenet newsgroup that you've ever THOUGHT of selling on.... Have a nice day :-)