chadly opened this issue on Jun 29, 2002 ยท 215 posts
Crescent posted Sun, 30 June 2002 at 1:01 AM
Ajax, 1) You're probably right. I won't claim the legal knowledge to say if CL can ultimately stomp this debate into the ground or not. 2) That argument means that you can not make a t-shirt with an original mesh, then modify it to fit Mike 2 as Daz already has a t-shirt that fits Mike 2. You've just created a product that interferes with the sales of a Daz product. Unless your product is VERY unique, Daz can claim interference and deny you permission to make any clothing models that work with Vicki/Mike/whatever, and even then, they can claim that they have a similar product in the works and deny permission. (Good old, Microsoft vaporware.) 3) What you pointed out is correct. If you use a morph from Mike 2 to make a character, you can not redistribute it. You can make MOR file to have Mike 2's morphs go to the correct settings. No issues with that. I've understood it since day 2 or 3. (I admit, it took a bit for me to understand what a MOR file was. I'm not always the brightest crayon in the box.) The problem is, Daz is stating that if you create morphs that will make clothing fit the Vicki/Mike 2 models, you are potentially in violation of their EULA because another model may be able to wear the clothing and have it appear as though they have those Vicki/Mike 2 morphs. It doesn't matter if you create those morphs for a Daz product or a 3rd party product. You can not redistribute the morphs that you create, no matter what mesh those morphs work on, because those morphs can give a Vicki/Mike 2 appearance to a non-Vicki/Mike 2 mesh. I'm not saying that this is an intentional Daz conspiracy to wipe out all free and 3rd party vendor stuff for the Mil figures, but as currently stated, they can do just that. (Or at least try. I'm not a lawyer, so I can't say if they'd be legally able to do it.) And y'all can corner the market on tar and feathers, but if you use it on me, it better not conform to my shape or I'll sue you for infringement!!!