poisinivy posted at 4:48PM Wed, 17 February 2016 - #4255641

I also hope this rule does not apply for us that have our own web sites we use to sell our art & animations work on, Meaning I buy stuff here at rendorosity use it to create art and sell my finished art work on my own site and sometimes I will post link to to my web site where my art work can be found or where you can watch a animation I created like on YouTube.

I really hope that off site linking does not apply to these examples i just gave. if so then this is a really stupid rule. and I may have to reconsider how I buy and use content I use to create art work that I sell. because selling art work on renderosity is not a option for me when I make 30 minute animations , Book cover art , fan art and Manga art that I sell on my own site. .. or for posting youtube videos , or off site links to my social networking for free untagged renders I give away to draw in customers to my web site.. I really hope that this rule does not apply to this kind of off site linking. if it does its really a stupid one. and will hurt my business I do here

That is indeed precisely what it means. Unfortunately, ShareCG is not an alternative for you, unless I'm wrong because IIRC they don't allow linking period (though I think it's okay if you mention the name of your site in the freebie description, and it's definitely okay to provide the URL in the readme file)

I have another question for Hope, BTW. Does this rule also apply to posting the URL of the product required for the freebie? In case I am being too vague, I am referring to a product link on the freebie download/description page. What about links to said product in the readme?