cool.  This is fair and proper.  It's good for me to see it articulated in
this way.

"Christoph Hormann" <chr### [at] gmxde> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Greg M. Johnson" wrote:
> >
> > Suppose I want to use the ground & sky from benchmark.pov in an
otherwise
> > original scene/anim. I guess it's okay to do so for the IRTC. But
suppose I
> > want to submit to zazzle an image made with it?
>
> Although the benchmark scene has a special permission to be modified for
> benchmarking purposes (see the file's comment) the restrictions of
> povlegal are also valid for it:
>
> "The user is also granted the right to use the scene files, fonts,
> bitmaps, and include files distributed in the INCLUDE and SCENES\INCDEMO
> sub-directories in their own scenes. Such permission does not extend to
> any other files in the SCENES directory or its sub-directories. The SCENES
> files are for your enjoyment and education but may not be the basis of any
> derivative works unless the file in question explicitly grants permission
> to do such."
>
> In case of the sky - this is Mick's work and just a variation of his
> famous media skies he already posted in several versions in these
> newsgroups IIRC.  You will have to ask him concerning it.
>
> Concerning the ground - it is nothing fancy so i doubt anyone would
> recognize it if you used it in an IRTC picture - i surely won't try to
> copyright the RMF parameters...  But i'd rather not give permission for
> using something from the official sample scenes and thereby making an
> exception from the license.  If you have any problems setting up your own
> isosurface ground feel free to ask.
>
> Christoph
>
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