My apologies for not responding sooner.  I wanted to check to make sure on somethings before I responded. 

It has always been a rule that resources, etc could not be linked to as links to offsite products are not allowed and links to freebies are only allowed in the Freestuff Forum.  However, as of August 15th, all links to DevianArt are prohibited except in the FreeStuff Forum as they are advertising text and are not allowed.  

I hope that clarifies things :)  The staff realizes that this is a big change and will take some time to adjust to (for the staff too!).  Please feel free to contact any of us with questions, comments, or concerns you have so that we can do our best to make this change as smooth and painless as possible for everyone.