Well, Daniel, I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
I admit it's good -- even the wizard's not bad -- but I think you're missing the point. They are not FPSC Ready -- from Turbosquid. However, I do understand your point.
You are making it FPSC ready for us. So, that is the crux of the matter, now. Do we accept the "re-rigging" by you as a legitimate model to be distributed freely?
Here is what Turbosquid states in their licence agreement:
Quote: "The resale or redistribution by the Member of any Content obtained from TurboSquid, whether For Sale or freely available for download, whether part of a Valid Sale or not, is expressly prohibited unless it is Incorporated Content as licensed above."
The license states that it can only be used in a game. It states:
Quote: "(ii) As part of a game if the Content is contained inside a proprietary format and displays inside the game during play."
So, I personally don't think you can give this away freely even though you have re-rigged it. You can use it in your own games but you can't give it away for others to use. In other words I would have to download this myself and then re-rig it myself in order to use it in my own game.
Now, I believe they also allow for the fact that, if the person who originally created this model gives to you exclusive rights to give this away freely after reworking the model. However, you will need a written contract from the seller (member artist).
Trying to read through the "End User and Seller Agreement" is quite a task. Actually, only a lawyer could really figure it out.
Addendum:
Personally, I think you should be able to give them away free. After all, they were free in the first place; and, you are giving credit to the original artist. But, the TGC board may still frown upon it.
The past has a lot of memories to hold onto; but, today is chock full of new adventures, and, the future shouts out, "The best is yet to come!" -- TerryC
