"Here's an allegory I hope will be understandable to some. Say you (general you) made an image desktop wallpaper sized and placed it on a webpage, allowing it to be downloaded to be used as wallpaper personally or be included as part of a free desktop theme. As part of a theme, some of the unique elements can be taken from the image and made into icons or the like. Now, say someone took this image, took unique elements from it, animated them as a screensaver, and sold that. Would that make you mad? If not, then we simply have different opinions and I'm happy to agree to disagree. But if it would make you mad, please explain the difference to me, because I do not see it where I sit."

I think it depends on the nature of the item being used. If someone chopped up a finished image and used elements that weren't designed for the way it was being used then that's one thing. Kind of reminds me of people who make psp tubes out of other peoples images.
But a 3d prop or poser texture requires specific programs, and a lot more imagination and vision.

The difference is between a finished product and an element. One persons prop isn't likely to be the thing that sells an image. It's going to be the whole picture.

I agree with the thought that if someone is making money on something someone else makes, they should receive something as well. That's why anyone here has the opportunity to have a product in the marketplace.
I see offering freestuff as a way of practicing as well as giving back. It irritates me that a person will restrict their stuff yet are able to find restriction free material for their images.

There's definitely more than one way of looking at this issue.

...... Kendra