Hi allll
Does anyone know if you would be allowed to release a payware train that
uses other people's freeware dependencies, but not including the dependencies in the pack, buyers would have to download the dependencies seperatley.
The dependencies I am thinking of lack a license so I don't know what to do

Thanks
Victorian
As long as you are not "redistributing" someone else's content, you can "reference" any dependency you like, WITHOUT asking permission.
There may be some contraversy to my comment, but the simple fact of the matter is, you are not doing anything with someone else's content, other than writing it's name in a text file.
One of the reasons Trainz models use dependencies is so that they can easily be changed out to make a whole new asset package...For Example:
-You make a locomotive, it needs trucks/bogies, and engine spec, and sounds;
--You build your own trucks/bogies, you calculate your own physics, but have no way to record your own sounds...
---So, you reference the KUID of an asset on the DLS that has the correct sounds.
You have not modified the sounds, you have not included the sounds with your engine, and you have not made them available for download outside of the DLS.
--You have no obligation to "ask permission" to use a dependency, for freeware or for payware, and there is no legal ruling to prevent you from doing so.
1. You are not making a profit from the dependency.
2. You have not claimed the dependency as your own.
3. You have not violated any generally acceptable "EULA" terms, by referencing it in your Config.txt
4. IF the EULA says it cannot be referenced by a payware product...that is an un-enforcable, and silly, demand...It's like your Firestone saying "you're not allowed to put our tires on a used Ford escort"...can't be enforced.
It is generally expected that you acknowledge who DID make the dependency, and explain where it must be downloaded from, if not the DLS...it would be kind of you to Thank the creator for making it available, but not "required by Law or Rule".