melanie opened this issue on Feb 28, 2004 ยท 7 posts
melanie posted Sat, 28 February 2004 at 9:55 AM
I've often discovered after downloading a zipped freebie here in Renderosity's Free Stuff that that some of them don't include a readme. Just the item being downloaded and nothing else. It would be helpful if a readme file was required in all zips being uploaded. I understand that freebies are now being "approved" before appearing in Free Stuff. Are the zips being checked for a readme file? It makes it difficult to contact the originator of the freebie (or even know who the originator was) without some documentation with the file that gives terms of use and contact info. There have been times when I wanted to contact an artist and found no readme, then when I went back into the Free Stuff to check the download page, I can't for the life of me find it again, even with a search. I've ended up deleting wonderful things because I wasn't sure if I could use them for commercial projects or not. Just a suggestion. Melanie