That argument sounds too much like a variation on, "It's OK as long as I don't get caught." I don't buy it. Remember, someone very wise once said, "Good character is what you do when no else is looking."Dragos said:Hello!
What if I have not started the thread and no one knew about my repainted paper model? Then nothing will not hapenned , so maybe there are more modelers that changes the colors of the model and no one knows them, what is going the designer to do about them?
At the very least, it all comes down to a question of courtesy. If you're going to use someone else's work to create your own, and then distribute that work, good manners alone require that you:
1. ask permission, and
2. give credit to the original designer.
So if you can't buy the idea of being legal, at least be polite.
Most designers will be be happy to let you use their work, if you ask first.
--David