Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Free Stuff - please change the default

Jim Burton opened this issue on Jun 21, 2002 ยท 87 posts


FyreSpiryt posted Fri, 21 June 2002 at 5:02 PM

B!tch and moan, b!tch and moan. Look, I hate to break this to the whiners once again, but freebies are NOT an entitlement. They're a favor. If someone says "hey, I'll mow your lawn for you, but I can only do it on Wednesday" and you refuse to allow it to be done on Wednesday, what happens? You get your own butt out there and do it yourself, and you don't get to grab their lawnmower to do it either. Copyright infringement: copyright laws also protect against derivative works, and I can make a decent argument for an image prominately using a non-commercial freebie as a derivative work. But here's something else to consider: BREACH OF CONTRACT: The read-me file, if there is not another license included, is considered a license. By using any item, you are agreeing to abide by that license's terms, and that is a legal contract. Do you think you get to reverse engineer Microsoft Windows, mess around to make it "your own", and then sell that? Just try it; I'll enjoy watching the lawyers eat you for breakfast. You don't like it, then you don't use it. That is your only option. But hey, tell you what. As one of these jerks who wants a little input on how her hard work is used, I'll make it easy for you. I'll just put my "permission required" stuff somewhere it's appreciated. After all, I'd hate to make some ungrateful prick spend 12 seconds sending me an e-mail asking.