Quote - I agree with the OP, to use the term once again :-)

I've stopped downloading freebies from Rendo completely. There's some great stuff here, but I rather be safe then sorry. I also noticed that even some of the licenses change over time, that even adds to the frustration. There are only a couple of places I feel 'safe' to download freebies from, knowing they can be used for commercial and non-commercial.

Another thing is, with over 12Gb of content in my runtimes, I noticed I tend to forget where I did get stuff from. I may have downloaded an item with the intention to use it in a fun render, but months or even years later I incorporate it into a commercial render. By that time I often have no clue where I did get it from, who made and what the license on it was and I lack time to even try to find out which license belonged to which product. So, to avoid any risks, I emptied my runtimes end of last year, re-installed everything, except most of the freebies from Rendo and some other places that don't have a clear policy on the freebie terms.

This place needs a different approach to freebies..... instead of dumping them all into one place, a division needs to be created. A place for non commercial freebies and a place for commercial use freebies and perhaps even thigh the last category to the marketplace.

Well, the second quote seems to answer the problem of the first quote... sorta.

There is, in fact, a "better way": Make your own stuff. That would fall under the "better things to do with my time" thing, as I see it. End of worries and concerns, end of problem.

If I had the time to do that, I sure wouldn't be using Poser anymore. I've made and sold lots of models for games over the years, spending countless hours modeling. Now I'm trying to balance a family, 2 part-time jobs, a full time education on top of it, trying to get some decent night rests and so on and so on. I really don't have the luxury that I used to have being able to spent umlimited hours on modeling. Things change over time. BUT  I do like to create some renders once in a while and get hired to do so ever once in a while also. That's whay I love Poser, it was a great solution for my problem. If it wasn't for Poser, I would have left 3D years ago and never would have been able to create anymore 3D related projects. I use Poser for a reason, I lack time for modeling, if I still had the time I wouldn't be here.

You've got a way too simplistic view on this whole matter, if things would be that easy, we all would model and this whole community wouldn't exsist at all.

Hmmm, i have downloaded a lot of freebies from Rendo, and i do check the read me file they include, but, yea, i too have over 8Gb of stuff in my runtime folder, so i don't remember what can be used for commercial renders and what cannot...

I was going to give this commercial renders a shot, but after what i read here, i think i'll pass...

(i'm trying to learn how to make stuff for poser, but i have a very thick skull, i found it it's very hard to do, and when i ask for help most of the time i get ignored... so doh)

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