Ethics question. On permissions

[whecsailorjr]

Hi all. What is the forums thoughts and NV3 on using other peoples content. In particular. I am working on something now, and I am using a figure in it that Elvenor created long ago. He has sadly passed away so permissions from him of course are not possible. I am only making a figure on a ladder, reposing it. If I still provide full credit to him, is this considered bad or acceptable within community standards? his western figures are so darn good.

thank you for your input.

 

[pware]

If you are going to create a completely new asset using your own kuid that incorporates someone else's work then sadly no, you cannot do this without permission of the creator, the current copyright holder or the original creator's estate. If you are simply adding the kuid of an asset from another creator into the config.txt file of your asset, such as adding their bogie or engine sound to your railcar, then AFAIK an acknowledgement is all that is required since you are technically not altering, copying or otherwise pirating their work.

An alternative solution that I have sometimes used is to create a "new asset" by combining existing assets in Surveyor. For example, you could create the ladder asset by itself, place it in the layout and then position the human figure asset on the ladder.

My thoughts.

 

[clam1952]

Hi all. What is the forums thoughts and NV3 on using other peoples content. In particular. I am working on something now, and I am using a figure in it that Elvenor created long ago. He has sadly passed away so permissions from him of course are not possible. I am only making a figure on a ladder, reposing it. If I still provide full credit to him, is this considered bad or acceptable within community standards? his western figures are so darn good.

thank you for your input.

Look at the licence in his Western Figures assets, it's in the configs and seems to cover your requirement, I know for a fact several others have modified his figures.

license "This Trainz object was created by Max Nelson (Elvenor).

No warranty, expressed or implied, is included with this object. Neither the author nor Auran may be held responsible for any damages that downloading or using this item may cause.

This is an open license. The user may freely use and modify any file contained herein. The user may upload any such modifications as his or her own if desired. Mention of the original author is requested but not required.

 

[whecsailorjr]

Thanks all!!

 

[johnwhelan]

I have the GMX sources floating around somewhere.

Cheerio John