logansfury opened this issue on May 01, 2005 ยท 23 posts
logansfury posted Mon, 02 May 2005 at 12:13 AM
"Just by way of being the resident wet blanket, a readme must specifically say that redistribution is permitted. You can't assume permission in absence." That makes complete sence when I think about it. I do wish however that more readmes were more explicit about this. Either a "share this with anyone that may like it, just keep the contents and readme intact" or a "please dont redistribute, give anyone interested the homepage URL" or something similar. I can fully understand freebie creators that enjoy tracking the usage of thier gifts thru limiting thier distribution to a server they can monitor. I always wonder though, how many modellers that have passed away, or left the communtiy, or lost servers, that intended that thier freebies get as much distribution as possible, have thier items get a lot less use than they might all due to a generic readme that doesnt cover redistribution. Yanno what would be cool, but I havent the faintest idea where to suggest it: An updated set of "freebie readme templates" for the commuity that comes in two flavors, share or dont :) Ill bet it would get a lot more freebies more circulation than they currently enjoy!! Thanks for the clarification cooler!! Logan