Hey pixtudio: re: nvidia skin
Sunday, June 22, 2003 by Doomgaze | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
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Reply #3 Sunday, June 22, 2003 5:39 PM
I'll remember to privately e-mail people who's opinion I actually do care about next time.
Thanks.
Reply #4 Sunday, June 22, 2003 5:45 PM
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Reply #5 Sunday, June 22, 2003 5:48 PM
period.
Reply #6 Sunday, June 22, 2003 5:56 PM
Pixstudio created the skin under contract for nVidia. So it's a nVidia skin and the authors were given permission to distribute it. But since nVidia paid for the skin and the design and thus it is their skin, the authors are not contractually free to modify it to remove the logo.
Reply #7 Sunday, June 22, 2003 6:01 PM
More reason for me to hate nVidia.
Maybe you missed that I asked a simple question.
But hey, still a free country.
Reply #8 Sunday, June 22, 2003 6:09 PM
How about a version of Wincustomize without you.... that would be nice! It's people like you that make the hard work of dedicated skinners and upstanding community members like Pixtudio diminished. They are charitable skinners and for no other reason than kindness share their work just to have it trampled on by the likes of ungrateful members of this site like you.
I hope you suffer and eternity with Luna blue...
Reply #9 Sunday, June 22, 2003 6:14 PM
The fact is, it was requested, (not knowing that nvidia owned all the rights to the skin which is well, lame) for an unbranded version of the skin. I have enough commercialism as it is rampant around me, and would rather my desktop not be another peice of garbage advertising for corporate America. And I still think the skin would be better without the branding for this sole fact alone.
Please drive through.
Reply #10 Sunday, June 22, 2003 6:14 PM
Nothing wrong modifying stuff to suite your little'ol self.
Anyways, I think it's perfect the way it is.
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Reply #11 Sunday, June 22, 2003 6:19 PM
Let's Rock!!!
It's people like you who make this a very unpleasant community for those of us who really appreciate the hard work of the skinners. They freely share their hard work with us. There are many skins here that don't have the Nvidia label on them. It sounds to me like jealousy, and an attempt to put down the artistic work of the skinners. This only makes the skinners and admins feel negative responses from any comments and they jump on those who have constructive views. Using vile words like "I won't repeat them" shows a total disrepect for the skinners who freely share their work. It is people like you who can ruin a community. This idea of positive community involvement doesn't stop here. Communities are part of the makings of the world. So negativity like yours, hurts everyone. Have you ever heard the saying,"If you don't have something nice to say, it is sometimes better not to say anything", rather than saying something to hurt others? Or don't you care about anyones feelings but your own? Maybe you prefer that skinners stop making skins. Well, I was driven to that because of people like you. And, I had over 5,000 downloads on my skins. I just didn't feel it was necessary for me to spend 50 hours creating a skin "freely" for hurtful comments such as yours. Think about what you are saying to these people who spend these hours freely and get ripped apart by people like you. Maybe you should spend your time learning to create a skin yourself. Maybe it is better for the community to keep your jealous, negative comments to yourself and allow the skinners and those of us who appreciate their hard work to benefit. Of course,you won't pursue either of these ideas, and it is people like you that can bring a entire community down. It is sad, and so are you. That is my two cents. >
And to the creators of the nvidia skin, thank you for freely sharing the skin, it is very nice.
Maybe, all the skins here should have a price to them. Would that make you happier Doomgaze?
Reply #12 Sunday, June 22, 2003 6:19 PM
NVIDIA (and I use all caps because nobody's ever told me the proper way to address them) asked for the button linking to their website. And they paid for it. This is their current visual style/skin offering for people that are interested.
You dislike the nvidia web link/gfx and have issues with it, yet still want the rest? Use your Object Desktop or SkinStudio registrations and fix things to your liking.
Or, and this is a radical thought, don't use their skin. Or deal with their logo, this isn't worth throwing disease-laden animals into a beseiged city because your God said it was the only thing to do.
Reply #13 Sunday, June 22, 2003 6:45 PM
Some companies do not allow any free distribution of their skins and only distribute it with their products. In this case nVidia allowed free distribution. Companies like nVidia also provide Pixstudio with an income. (How lame is that?)
Simply, if you don't like the skin, don't use it or modify it for your own use.
Reply #14 Sunday, June 22, 2003 7:23 PM
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Reply #15 Sunday, June 22, 2003 7:25 PM
Time to nip this all in the bud.
Call it an 'official' stance.
nVidia [pretty sure that's the way, Nakor] is a company which deserves somewhat more than the content of this thread. As I recall, they consulted with and were consulted by Stardock in the development of the Detonator drivers so WindowBlinds could benefit, and, they are one of the companies who have contracted Pixtudio.com to do graphic work for them and are therefore indirectly financially supporting this 'community' which holds treetog and Alexandrie, the principals of Pixtudio.com not only as members, but genuinely VALUED members and Wizops of Wincustomize.com.
OK, so that was long-winded and screaming for punctuation but consider it a challenge for breath-control...
People such as Adam [Skinstudio] and Renato [treetog] are naturally well aware of this, hence their response.
As for the rest of this thread...note clearly that any variation of these graphics would need the endorsement [consent] of nVidia prior to public distribution....and I would expect that consent would NOT be forthcoming.
Doomgaze...yes, you have a right to an 'opinion'...that you 'hate nVidia'....but that's as far as it goes. The rights to what is, or is not done with nVidia's property is theirs alone and must be respected.
Reply #16 Sunday, June 22, 2003 8:04 PM
Soooo Doomgaze, as was said, yank the offending matter from a personal copy should you so desire. Sorry man.
Reply #18 Monday, June 23, 2003 2:38 AM
And if I were nVidia I would be a 'little' emberassed if Pixtudio would do a free ATI skin directly following this one (and they sure wouldn't get any assignment again in the near future). Something to think about...
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Reply #20 Monday, June 23, 2003 4:04 AM
pjpowell runs away before Hippy can hit him
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Reply #1 Sunday, June 22, 2003 4:43 PM