Eternl_Knight opened this issue on Apr 11, 2005 ยท 82 posts
Eternl_Knight posted Mon, 11 April 2005 at 9:29 PM
OK, I hate doing this. I really do. But I also hate being played and that's just what I think is going on. Most people reading this will remember my post a month ago on the DAZ EULA and how it restricts us merchants. Most people will also remember that Dan Farr himself came in to reassure us all that the EULA isn't all that bad and pointed us at their clarification on their website. Some of those will remember that he also offered those of us still doubtful about the whole issue a written clarification on request. Well, I asked for such a written agreement as offered two days afterward. I needed to repeat this request three times to get an answer (twice through their "official" contact page and once through a PM to Dan Farr). The answer, of course, being a pointer to a thread on their forums with a general clarification in response to the Alexa fiasco. Never mind the fact that the body of my request explicitly stated the fact that I was after the agreement offered by Dan Farr (President of the DAZ corporation) and never mind that the clarification I was pointed at did not answer the questions I explicitly asked to be answered. Ignoring that, I replied (via email) to the person who sent me the email thanking them for their reply (with no remarks as to the time taken or number of requests required to get it) and politely asking again for a written agreement/clarification from DAZ. I mentioned (again) that I was simply following up on an offer made by Dan Farr, that the clarifications provided did not answer my questions, and even took the time to whip up a theoretical situation to shed light on why the clarifications offered by DAZ were too ambiguous/incomplete to be taken "as is". After a few days, I copy+pasted that email into their contact page (again) as I had not recieved any reply (not even a "Thanks, I'll look into it"). It is almost a week since then. I had hoped that by now I would have an agreement/clarification from DAZ (as offered) detailing my rights as a merchant (as opposed to their "end user" EULA explanation). I had hoped that I could start a thread, publically detailing where I was wrong (and where I remain right) in the previous EULA thread and make a freebie offering "in apology" and as proof of my comfort in selling merchandise under the DAZ agreement. Looks like that isn't going to happen. Either Dan Farr misrepresented his intentions of clarifying our additional rights or they are avoiding answering the questions I asked directly (for whatever reasons they might have - I won't speculate). I am not "anti-DAZ" and had hoped to prove otherwise with a public apology, explanation, and freebie. I believe I have given DAZ plenty of time to answer me privately. Perhaps the "nay-sayers" are right, and the only way to get their attention is to cause a fuss. So be it.