Eternl_Knight opened this issue on Mar 18, 2005 ยท 216 posts
Eternl_Knight posted Fri, 18 March 2005 at 1:29 AM
Attached Link: http://www.poserforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=2625
I'm not a big player ini the poser market. Hell, I can hardly classify myself as a player at all! Still, there are some things that need to be known by ALL players, big or small, and I found out a big one today. See, DAZ (in their infinite wisdom) have a nice click-thru EULA that you have to agree to before installing V3, M3, etc. Well, I wonder how many of us have actually READ it? See, Sixus1 Media have come across one of the more sticky points in it and naturally enough DAZ have decided to play heavy. There is a line in the agreement that states that one cannot create a 3D model that is *substantially similar* to the one installed. This caught Sixus1 Media as they tried to release a V3 compatible figure known as Lilin2. Well, DAZ weighed in (in an *ever so nice* fashion) and now Lilin2 is no more (anyone remember Sara & the competition she posed for "the GIRL"?). Well, I decided to do a little investigation in the DAZ EULA after this... Lo & behold, it get's worse! See, one cannot distribute ANYTHING that uses part of the 3D model in question (be that joint parameters for us clothing developers, or the UV's for you texture artists) without prior agreement with DAZ. They may not have enforced this before, but then again - they may have and we simply don't know about it! What I find incredibly ironic is that DAZ refused to work with CL because of their EULA, when there's is draconian! I don't know what the old "problematic" EULA of Poser was, but the current Poser 5 (and I will assume Poser 6) version explicitly allows the use of the "restricted content" for use in creating clothes, textures, props, etc. There is no such provision in the DAZ EULA. So if you are interested in the statement by Sixus1 Media on the matter, go to the link above. If not, at least be aware that the DAZ EULA is a masterpiece of legal work. All the V3/M3/whatever compatible stuff out there is technically in breach of the license and as such DAZ can make you pull it whenever they want. Please note, I am not typically "anti-anything". I personally think that DAZ makes some great figures and supporting content. However, I will no longer spend time & effort creating supporting content for the DAZ figures when I have to rely on the goodwill of another company for it's continued distribution. This is not an emotional "I hate'em so they can burn in hell"; it is a business decision pure & simple.