kozaburo opened this issue on Mar 07, 2001 ยท 42 posts
Scharmers posted Wed, 07 March 2001 at 1:47 PM
Kozaburo, this is from your website: "This file is free for personal / non comarcial use. Copyright (C) 2001 by kozaburo" The Elle101 figure, as stated in the .ZIP's readme, is Freeware, for personal use only, and states that under NO circumstances shall the .ZIP be commercially distributed for ANY purposes. The readme (which I believe all parties involved failed to read) also explicitly states the name of EVERY PERSON whose work is included in Elle, AS WELL as links to their sites. My opinion is included at the bottom of the readme as follows: "Please respect the hard work of others, and let's keep the Free Poser Community FREE!" In other words, I was careful NOT to use any work that included a statement saying: "DO NOT REDISTRIBUTE WITH YOUR OWN MESHES." However, in respect for your excellent work, Kozaburo, I will edit the download so that your hair is no longer included, but will include a link to your site and instructions on the proper scaling of the mesh. In any event, I wish you would have e-mailed me first -- another indication that people are NOT READING THE README. Now for the big question: legally, I could just be a jerk and tell K to f*** off -- there is no wordage on his site that indicates his work is not to be directly distributed (even with full credit). That would be stupid, obviously. Alienating someone whose work I greatly admire is not the best way to go. However, as a new contributor (rather than Freestuff leech), are there some unspoken ground rules out there ? I see other people's stuff included in other people's stuff all the time -- it makes for a nice synergy of work, combining strengths. --scharmers P.S. Marque: the blanket statement on my site is just that -- a blanket statement to prevent people from scamming my name or my art on the pages. Common sense and readme's obviously override this. Please save your selfrighteousness for bad store purchases.