ADuke 1 Posted November 17, 2012 (edited) Hi, I am in the process of creating and releasing a multitude of addons for ArmA2 and even more when ArmA3 comes out. I had a few questions about hosting of addons and other things.. Is it legal for an addon maker to choose who gets to host the creator's works and then not allow it to be hosted elsewhere? I ask because the host would get google adsense profits form visits to the downloads page, so can the author choose who profits from it? My other question... If a modeler creates a model...purely from scratch, is it legal for the creator to sell the model in .p3d format, if it was created with the Oxygen modeling software? I would like to know the legal protocol here before I move forward. Thanks, -AD Edited November 17, 2012 by ADuke Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maddogx 13 Posted November 17, 2012 Is it legal for an addon maker to choose who gets to host the creator's works and then not allow it to be hosted elsewhere? Lots of addon makers have done this, so no problem. Basically all you need to do is specifiy it the release thread, something like "Please no mirroring without my permission." - then you can give explicit permission to the hosters of your choosing. If a modeler creates a model...purely from scratch, is it legal for the creator to sell the model in .p3d format, if it was created with the Oxygen modeling software? Not if you're using the standard personal edition of Oxygen. AFAIK you would need to obtain a special license from BIS if you wanted to sell the models in .p3d format. However if you create your models in some other software like Blender and then import them into Oxygen, you are of course allowed to sell the originals. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ADuke 1 Posted November 17, 2012 Thank you for the info MadDogX!! -AD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
