What rules apply regarding contents used for free mods?

[Fisherman82]

Im having a hard time understanding what is ok regarding creating free mods for DCS.

 

Is it ok to use sketchup models from 3D Warehouse as base and models from Thingverse for example without approval of the original maker? When reading their licence conditions I get the impression that you can not use the downloaded models for anything else than personal use.

 

And also, lets say you make a trailer for a truck (as static object) all by yourself but for the texture for the tires you use the tire texture for the stock Humwee in DCS. As I have understood it that disqualifies the mod for public sharing, since the tire texture is the property of ED. Same thing if you use a headlight texture from a GAZ truck and so on. A violation of the EUA leading to banning on the forum and perhaps blocked DCS customer account. Have I understood this correctly?

[Fisherman82]

I guess I better keep my work just for myself to avoid getting into any problems.

 

Edited September 7, 2021 by Fisherman82
Will not share anyway so i removed the image.

[SkateZilla]

 

[Fisherman82]

On 9/6/2021 at 12:11 AM, SkateZilla said:

 

That is the post that I was looking for but could not find. Thank you. No sharing from me then.

Edited September 7, 2021 by Fisherman82

[Fisherman82]

On 9/7/2021 at 12:44 PM, Urbi said:

 

 

Hello Fisherman 82!. It is fundamentally not so right what you are giving of yourself here. To do this, you should read the license terms of the individual distributors of the models (3D warehouse; turbosquid, etc.). The use in games, among other things, is free, I do not need to ask the author for consent. The author has recognized this with the recognition of the licensing terms of the distributor from which he receives money for the sale of his model. And not only can I buy his model, but you too. So if you buy a model in 3D Warehouse or acquire one for free, you are subject to the same license terms as that of the distributor. So you have no copyright, so that, should I acquire the same model and bring it into DCS, you cannot accuse me of any copyright infringement. There are many modders here who use the purchase of a model and its modification and then pretend to be the originator.
And even worse, do not declare your product under any real name.
Everything is still possible up to this point. This will soon no longer work when creating the Luas. ED has already put a stop to it with its encryption. The current modders can only get their models up and running by looking at the contents of the Luas after converting them into the edm Vormat. Converting to the edm Vormat also causes problems. With every update from ED, some user mods can no longer be run.

 

Well this is a jungle and I dont understand everything your saying but I guess you are saying that it is ok to download and use free Sketchup models from 3D Warehouse. However a according to Skatezillas thread you must specify which original models you used and provide the General Model License as a PDF inside the mod structure if I understand correctly. And you must credit the original maker by name, its not sufficient to just say that the mod is made using models from 3D Warehouse. So if you used parts of multiple and dont exactly know which ones its a no go.

 

Another issue is how do you provide proof of ownersship for models you created yourself? Do I need witnesses to sign a document that I actually did it myself?

 

The way I interpreted Skatezillas post here was thay it was not ok to do anything of the exemples I wrote in the first post so Im a bit confused.

Edited September 8, 2021 by Fisherman82