10/10/2019 Ivy Generator Use
I created a set of textures which have been added to the main site.Ivy Generator & Blender tutorial. LarryPhillips: and the sentence before that:“Here are precompiled versions for Win32 and MacOS including the source code of this project under the GNU General Public Licence.”Does this mean a computer sciences college grad doesn’t know what the GNU license allows? Would he be surprised if he found the software itself being sold? Am I missing something here?Not that I have a commercial use for this software’s output. I’m just confused, that’s all.I take it as his addendum to the GPL (copyright owners have the right do add whatever stipulations they want).
Looking at one of FireKDragon's pictures, he mentioned an ivy generator he used for his wonderful image. I started to look into it and I found it. An easy to use external, small program that will generate an ivy plant around your object!
And unless he specifies commercial use of the code (he doesn’t), we should take it to mean that no part of it (code or application) should be used for commercial purposes. Fweeb:I take it as his addendum to the GPL (copyright owners have the right do add whatever stipulations they want). And unless he specifies commercial use of the code (he doesn’t), we should take it to mean that no part of it (code or application) should be used for commercial purposes.As copyright owner he can release under any license he wants, that is correct.
But he can’t add stipulations to the GPL and still have it be GPL. So, he is either releasing it under the GPL, or he is releasing it under the “IvyGeneratorNoCommercialUseLicence” (which is similar to the GPL but prevents commercial usage). However to truly release it as GPL means any additional stipulations are not allowed (meaning that you cannot bar commercial usage).From the GPL:You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients’ exercise of the rights granted herein. Below is an e-mail conversation between myself and the program’s creator.I wrote:Thomas,I’m writing to say that your Ivy Generator program looks like a very good piece of software, and the results look amazing!
I haven’t yet used it, but plan to soon. I was made aware of it at a forum dedicated to the use of Blender, an open-source 3d application.One question: does the statement “it is NOT PERMITTED to use this software or parts of it in commercial projects” apply to the source code, or to the program’s output (generated models & materials)? Clarification would be much appreciated, and it might help to include your explanation on your site and in the.Thanks,EricHe wrote:Hi Eric,after discussing with a number of people i decided to remove the restrictionto non-commercial usage. So feel free to use the tool in your projects!Can you clearify it within the forum?
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Thanks!I’ll update it on the website soon!Sorry, for the confusion!Thomas.
Click to expand.Ivy Generator, doesn't and never did need a licence. It was always a free plugin. Sadly the author for whatever reason, has decided to not post the latest update and has also removed the links. Whether we ever see the update they intended to upload, before making this decision, who knows. Then again, had they made it a commercial plugin, the result would have been the same. Very few people would want to pay for it, so it would end up on sites like this anyway.
As mentioned somewhere else. The same guy bought us the Obj importer for 3DSMax and despite that also being a free plugin, it was bought by Autodesk and made a part of 3DSMax.
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