depakotez opened this issue on Jul 01, 2002 ยท 146 posts
ronknights posted Tue, 02 July 2002 at 8:31 AM
My concerns over this issue are very personal. I finally released some humble Free Stuff characters for the first time, in over a year of fiddling with Poser. I figured it would be nice to include some Tailored clothes so the figures didn't need to go naked. Of course, the clothes, like the figure would be free. Now I am totally afraid to release any freebies at all. Why? Because DAZ is now engaging in Retroactive Policies. That means that DAZ can find a problem with something you or I have done, months or years after the fact. I've tried very hard to understand and abide by DAZ policies concerning figure creation and sharing. I never understood DAZ's instructions, and got blasted publicly for my ignorance. I released some figures, discovered the error of my ways, and fixed the problem on most. Then came the Tailor Situation. In March I posted a thread asking if there were any problems distributing Free Tailored versions of clothing. I was assured at that time it was ok. Now it's not. I've been struggling with the issues of how to prepare my new characters legally for close to a year, and I've gotten absolutely nowhere. It's not due to my lack of trying, it's due to the bewildering information and changing stances DAZ provides. I have removed all my freebies that would violate DAZ's Tailor Edict, and I may never create another freebie again. I just can't take the risk.