The work must be your own ..... or consent is required.
Wednesday, January 12, 2005 by Jafo | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
"When you use another's skin to create your own you need to alter/create ALL of the images to be your own. Half of the files here date back a year older which indicates they are not original to your work."
I think it's time there was a nice, clear new list of what is expected of a skin submission....and why.
If a 'flag goes up' with a skin submission whether due to clear 'familiar' appearance with something else, or the uploader has 'got it wrong' in the past, the submission is looked at more closely.....especially if another member has brought it to our attention as well.
Sometimes it's a per-pixel comparison combined with dates to determine the original work and the 'copy/derived'.
Image creation dates are a clear indicator that not all images were original to that skin....then the only thing to determine was whether all images irrespective of date were original to that author....or whether consent was included for any that were not.
This isn't usually a complicated task...but it IS time-consuming...which is where the general community has the chance to lessen the load on the volunteer admins.
2 ways.
1. Help find them and clearly provide links to original and 'copy' for the admins to deal.
and better...
2. Do not add to the workload by uploading any 'problem' works yourselves.
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Reply #22 Thursday, January 13, 2005 11:49 AM
Reply #23 Thursday, January 13, 2005 12:48 PM
| to anonymously and quickly report possible rips |
That's what I read anyways.
Anyhow, tab, button or email, I'm guessing you mean out of the public's eye via a tab or button that creates a list for the admins to see. I went to DevArt and I think the button idea is good 'cause you're right there looking at the skin.
Reply #24 Thursday, January 13, 2005 4:49 PM
Reply #26 Thursday, January 13, 2005 5:27 PM
| do I need the authors permission to update the skin with the compact start? |
when in doubt ask.
Reply #27 Thursday, January 13, 2005 5:55 PM
Reply #28 Thursday, January 13, 2005 7:17 PM
It makes no sense or use to be 'anonymous'....what is needed is that it be 'private'.
If we know who forwards us the rip details we know who to communicate with for possible added details/info.
What we don't need though is for public discussion of what might not be an actual case of ripping at all which only has potential to hurt people involved/named....
Reply #29 Thursday, January 13, 2005 7:22 PM
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Just tu give you the permission to port my work in your community, also thank u for consider me for it.
Thank u
From Mexico
Vickoh666
Sorry for my English
Now what I would need to know is if this is sufficient to be able to port his stuff over to here..of course not all at the same time..too much...Thank you in advance for your assistance and I await your reply.
Reply #31 Thursday, January 13, 2005 7:47 PM
Reply #32 Thursday, January 13, 2005 8:12 PM
I would like to thank both of you for your quick and speedy response. Jafo thanks for the information, and for editing the email address..much appreciated.
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Reply #21 Thursday, January 13, 2005 11:46 AM