[SOLVED] Where is "The readme file contains ..."?

generalgameplaying

Typically with merchant resources, sometimes you read something like this: "The readme file contains more information about the usage of this Merchant Resource."

 

(So in order to know the licensing details, i would buy the product, download it, read the readme, uninstall or delete it, and then request a refund?)

Is this intended?

Not a huge issue, i see even inconsistent and contradicting "license extras" in texts quite a few times with other shops, but it would be pretty nice to have some kind of enclosing thing (html or text) that indicates that that actually is information about licensing. Linking a document (hosted on DAZ servers) with the details would be cool too, if any, for a less clonky-wonky approach, in case i am really interested in using it, e.g. for computer games (or if i was/became a PA: if i can offer an interactive license for stuff, made using the product in question).

This mainly is interesting for parsing the shop pages for licensing details (in terms of availability and restrictions), for products i own, in order to confine search to what's relevant to me (TBD: custom search panes), in addition to knowing if the product makes sense for me license-wise just from the shop page.

 

In theory, it would also make sense to have an indicator for "interactive license contained" for products that don't offer one to buy, but that are meant to be ok for use. Mainly such concerns tools that transform other assets, where the tool is not going to be distributed (but in theory a geoshell or a pattern contained in the tool could), maybe some merchant resources, though. Such could make some sense, to guard against the random licensing troll (third party supposedly or some entity who buys some ip at some point in the future), so i could rely on the actual license info, rather than a historic forum post where the creator said "it's ok to use it that way".

 

Richard Haseltine

Insert the SKU from the product page into any readme link, i.e. replacing the XXXXX here

http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/read_me/index/XXXXX/start

generalgameplaying

Richard Haseltine said:

Insert the SKU from the product page into any readme link, i.e. replacing the XXXXX here

http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/read_me/index/XXXXX/start

Thank you!

That renders the topic solved, i guess. (Transport encryption would be nice to have, though. Interactive licenses is another topic, e.g. it is a difference using the results of a script vs. distributing the script - so that actually would need a clarification in text-form, or a different kind of license-flag for tools, anyway.)