I have just downloaded two items from freestuff (via modem ... took ages) only to find that one had no readme whatsoever. The other did, and after scrolling past a page of italian(I think) I eventually got to the no commercial use bit. I don't know about most people but nearly every image I do is for some kind of commercial use either now or in the future. Now I am not gripping because I amnot allowed to use them, just the fact that I had to download the first to find out. Can we please have some kind of indication what can and cannot be used before we download.

for "gripping" read griping:)

I would like to see a little check box when we upload stuff. Commercial, no distribution, free to do what ever, etc. Then it displays a symbol with the thumb. That way people will know. Should be easy and simple to do.

That should do the trick.

Yup...I know that Bloodsong has a good idea, the use of little icons that let you know immediately know what the usage restrictions are...if any. Marque

I find most the Read Me's that mention commercial use, actually say something like not for commercial use without consent...now what exactly does that mean? Does it just mean that I can't sell the model, prop etc. or that I can't do that and also can't sell any image I rendered using the model, prop, etc.....to me that's like Adobe saying that any image I make using their brushes, I can't sell.......I think the Read Me's need to be more specific...what good is a model, prop, etc. if I can't sell the miage I made using it? Well, I guess it's good for a hobby, but I too sell alot of things I render in Poser.

I think we could probably break it down into about six or seven distinct categories, and have tiny icons below the thumbnail. Moreover, I think we should be able to filter our views to exclude categories.

I'm gonna move this thread to the Community Ideas forum where Russ can address it. -Jeff

Adding something for the author to specify the license when uploading a Free Stuff item has been on our todo list for a while. It just hasn't bubbled its way to the top yet. Good ideas. Thanks for the feedback. Russell

Without meaning to dump on the generous creators here, being able to filter out (through the same set of checkboxes) content we don't want to download would be great. Better still would be some way of tagging the archives themselves, but that would either require some method common to both .zip and .sit formats, a specialized readme enclosed in the files, or a file renaming scheme that included codes and guaranteed the filenames didn't exceed 32 characters (because Macs will truncate after that).

Also, is it possible to add page numbers to the free stuff area like the galleries? Once in awhile you want to get back to a page (or close to it, since they move constantly) and it would be great to do that without having to hit Next 150 times to get back to the center of the free stuff area. Just a thought.

ShadowWind: Note that the URL changes every time you go to the next page. http://www.renderosity.com/freestuff.ez?Topsectionid=1&Form.SortOrder=UserName&Start=13&WhatsNew=Yes This URL would be the second page of twelve items (hence starting with 13).

Guess I never noticed that. Well, that's one way to do it... :) Thanks...

In the mean time we who do upload stuff could put the letters NC=non commerical RF=royalty free on our thumbnails for our downloads... about a year ago this topic came up and about half a dozen of us tried this but it didn't catch on so we all stopped. It only works if we all try.

Deimos that^s a cool idea i suggest there should be two more codes: NR= Free for commercial images but not for reposting FP= Free for posting as freebie

This is why I don't want to embed these codes into something visual where they can be overlooked or people can disagree over how they should be displayed. I'd feel more comfortable if they were kept in the databases and the readmes (for redundancy). If Curious would bother answering my emails begging for some persistent commenting in its files, we could have Poser5 tell us onscreen which elements in a scene are kommercial-kosher.