Maz opened this issue on Jul 10, 2002 ยท 43 posts
Maz posted Wed, 10 July 2002 at 4:48 PM
MartinC has recently made public his plans for a development of the PCF format on a mixed freeware/commercial basis. I'd just like to point out that I am the originator of Mover and the PCF concept, which I invented in order to protect the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) of original creators like Daz, and to allow the transfer of figures etc within the Poser community without risk of prosecution. I allowed MartinC access to my source code so that he could develop a Mac version so as to ensure that the Mover benefits were available to all, regardless of their computer type. As the inventor I own the Intellectual Property Rights, not just to the source code but to the basic concept. The fact that I make no charge for the use of Mover does not alter this. It is somewhat ironic that the concept which was developed specifically to protect IPR should now be hijacked by MartinC without my knowledge and without my permission. I have today written to MartinC advising him that this is illegal and that he must cease immediately. Martin has stated to me that DAZ intends to enter into a commercial relationship with him for his development of PCF. I don't know whether this is true but I have today also advised DAZ that I own the IPR to the Mover/PCF concept and that MartinC has no authority to negotiate this with them and that any such agreement would be an infringement of my IPR and therefore illegal.