[Kabe]

Hi folks,

I just saw that Glass_marked by FourHeRo uses a texture map that
was supplied from another user with another material, ie the great
fiberglass by rivoli.

Doing this without credit - and eventually even without asking - is IMO quite
cheesy (and illegal anyway).

If other texture maps are used, get the premission of the original author and
give credit where credit is due is absolutely essential to keep this thing
going.

Kabe

[Tyrone Marshall]

Absolutely Agreed.

[sidenimjay]

i agree as well, credit should be given for hard work,
but is it not understood that people are taking these materials and using them for their pleasure/business?

i expect that if i post a material with or without maps that someone somewhere will use it....and most likely will never give me credit or thanks....but again its
what i expect when posting a material in a public forum

its assumed to be de facto permission to use it....if you dont want a texture map
that you worked hard to make, being used indescriminatly it would be best to not post the material or maps

but again, please at least give credit where it is due....

[SunlightRocker]

i agree as well, credit should be given for hard work,
but is it not understood that people are taking these materials and using them for their pleasure/business?

i expect that if i post a material with or without maps that someone somewhere will use it....and most likely will never give me credit or thanks....but again its
what i expect when posting a material in a public forum

its assumed to be de facto permission to use it....if you dont want a texture map
that you worked hard to make, being used indescriminatly it would be best to not post the material or maps

but again, please at least give credit where it is due....

Good point

[Tyrone Marshall]

i agree as well, credit should be given for hard work,
but is it not understood that people are taking these materials and using them for their pleasure/business?

i expect that if i post a material with or without maps that someone somewhere will use it....and most likely will never give me credit or thanks....but again its
what i expect when posting a material in a public forum

its assumed to be de facto permission to use it....if you dont want a texture map
that you worked hard to make, being used indescriminatly it would be best to not post the material or maps

but again, please at least give credit where it is due....

Not if you attach a readme.txt file that explains how the texture maps are to be used including resale, not for sale, public domain, private and or commercial use. You have the power to control your images.

[sidenimjay]

perhaps there should be a non-commercial page so that those that tend to ignore readme files will already know the difference....

it could be more like turbo-squid or others sites like it....

having a portion dedicated to non commercial use would avoid potentially costly lawsuits and allow those that want to post materials with non-commercial maps to post without fear of being ripped off while sharing their expertise

but that may defeat the purpose of an mxm sharing site....

[chrisvconley]

Shouldn't we adopt a Creative Commons license scheme for this...

http://creativecommons.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons

Chris