Suppose I take a color map and draw a shamrock tatoo - can I distribute that as my own IP? Nope - it's illegal.

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Suppose I take the Daz V4 shader and I add a shamrock tatoo USING NODES - can I distribute that modified shader?

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Suppose I take a color map and change one pixel - can I distribute that as my own IP? Nope it's illegal.
 
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Suppose I take the Daz V4 shader and I change one color parameter. Can I distribute that modified shader?

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Renderosity forum reply notifications are wonky. If I read a follow-up in a thread, but I don't myself reply, then notifications no longer happen AT ALL on that thread. So if I seem to be ignoring a question, that's why. (Updated September 23, 2019)