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I got into a polite debate the moment my notecard regarding a certain copybot was released to a few groups, from someone who was within in one of the Groups. If I remember correctly, he argued for Mod/Transfer. Naturally, I was opposed to such wide lattitude …But his argument was that when he purchases an item from someone, he had already compensated that creator fully, and therefore also has the right to modify and resell as he wills. He used a pinstripping a car as an example at one point. A household name in carmakers makes the original car and you pay for that car; but if you want additional things done to it, you look for a specialist and the specialist has every right to demand compensation from you.
His overall point was that, if people do set it to Modify/Transfer, then he has the right to do as he wills with such permissions. If they do not want this to be done to the objects, they should set permissions properly. But his sub-argument provides an intriguing perspective for discussion. This has been debated before, I’m sure, but how should permissions be set? How can that be done so that we strike a balance between serving the customer’s personal needs to modify an object for herself and protecting the maker of the product?
I was watching a group chat once amongst several ladies, the principal of who complained of a No-Mod dress. For women, that complaint is legitimate as prim skirts are big pains, and it seems there are a lot who dont want to create a shape friendlier to prim skirts. But then, again, making them No Mod protects Creators from thieves who can manipulate the skirt.
So…How? What is best? Designers: What do YOU do and why?
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