Understanding the New EULA

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• TSasha Smith Posts: 27,249

  February 2015 edited December 1969

  Hmmm I thought renders can be sold as long as they do not distribute the textures aka rendering textures on a cube.
• 3WC Posts: 1,133

  February 2015 edited December 1969

  rcallicotte said:

  Content can be separately exported, extracted, or de-compiled into any re-distributable form or format..."

  This is the key. The 3d model or base textures cannot be extracted from a 2d render or animation, generally, so they are fine to be used for commercial purposes.
• Chohole Posts: 33,604

  February 2015 edited December 1969

  rcallicotte said:

  This "...provided that User may not in any case: publish, market, distribute, transfer, sell or sublicense any renderings, animations, software applications, data or any other product from which any CRT Content, or any part thereof, or any substantially similar version of the CRT Content can be separately exported, extracted, or de-compiled into any re-distributable form or format..." sounds like we're all just hobbyists and what we buy here can only be used as in a hobby of some sort without any commercial hopes.

  If this is true, then please someone clarify this openly to make your legal stance as clear as possible. We have futures as well and need to decide how to spend our money as well as decide what to do with the tons of product we've spent our money to do.

  It's critical I hear from you soon, DAZ. And I'm certain I will not be alone in my need for clarity.

  Taken as the full clause in the EULA

  Terms of Use. Two Dimensional Works. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, User may (i) access, use, copy and modify the Content in the creation and presentation of two-dimensional animations and renderings, (ii) incorporate two dimensional images (including two dimensional images that simulate motion of three dimensional objects) derived by User from the Content in User’s other works, and (iii) publish, market, distribute, transfer, sell or sublicense User’s two-dimensional animations, renderings and other works; provided that User may not in any case publish, market, distribute, transfer, sell or sublicense any renderings, animations, software applications, data or any other product from which any Content, or any part thereof, or any substantially similar version of the Content can be separately exported, extracted or de-compiled into any re-distributable form or format.
  

  The extract you quote, the important part is this from which any Content, or any part thereof, or any substantially similar version of the Content can be separately exported, extracted or de-compiled into any re-distributable form or format. So any modifications which you produce should be done in such a way as to not allow any subsequent user to extract anything which is part of the original, ie the geometry mesh, texture etc. I hope that is clear enough. It is somewhat difficult to clarify beyond what has already been stated in the EULA.
• rcallicotte Posts: 31

  February 2015 edited December 1969

  Thanks DAZ. I have always heard this, but every time I see a new EULA, my not so legal mind does not interpret that I can still make money from my renders. It might be helpful to clarify this in the EULA more explicitly for people like me who are not working on their legal degrees or, more common, just say things differently in real life than does the DAZ EULA.

  Thanks again for the clarification.