There was a recent renderosity survey where afterwards one could choose from a number of "prizes".  I naturally assumed there would be the usual renderosity liscence., like something one has bought but on sale for zero. AFterall if I wanted "free stuff" I could just download something from the free area here at renderosity.  And what they were giving us was a "prize".

Now I'm not saying there is anything wrong with having free stuff with restrictions on it. I'm sure lots of people find it useful.  Like some people love peanuts and for other people peanuts are fatal.

For me, free stuff with restrictions is like poison in my runtimes.  I don't want it there.  And I never download it knowingly. I have a massive collection of content and I don't want to have to check readmes. 

Well I didn't check the renderosity survey because I assumed it was like one of their bought items but for zero dollars.   However I did happen to eventually check the readme, more by luck than anything else, and it was there i found this:-

Use and, or modify it as much as you like, for personal or Non-Commercial work.
But DO NOT sell or resdistribute it in any way, part of it or all. DO NOT include it in any CD or other collection.
For any problems, questions, help, contact us at: marforno@hotmail.com

For Commercial Licenses write us at: marforno@hotmail.com

 

some blah blah about the file itself, and then this bit was also at the bottom of the readme "   And if you use it... Credit the creators... "

 

So I wrote to the email addy for commercial licenses a week ago with an email titled clarification please:-  

"Hi there,

I downloaded your cage from renderosity as survey_file_159 but when I checked the read me I found restrictions on usage.

Is it correct that I can't use it for commercial renders and if I use it for a render I have to credit you?

I must admit I was not expecting anything like that when I downloaded it.  I don't normally have any restricted products on my computer except accidentally.  And I wouldn't have expected renderosity to give me one of these types of products as a prize. I assumed they gave me a gift with their bought product EULA the same as the things I buy from renderosity.  It was just luck that I checked the read me.

Kind regards,

Esther"

 

But have had no reply as yet.

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