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Free, copyright and swatch
Gratuit, copyright et swatch
Why would someone spend time copying a free tutorial and making pictures and text its own rather than just link to the page? Free doesn’t mean there’s no copyright and one can do whatever one wants with it! If it was an isolated example, that would just be annoying… but in reality it’s simply sad! So… the Swatch tutorial is no longer for free, it costs 1 symbolic €… but of course it’s still available for the knitters who buy the Lopi affection pattern of which it is after all only the swatch! Practically, I integrated Swatch into the Lopi Affection PDF and sent an update to all of you who had bought the Lopi affection pattern!
Why would someone spend time copying a free tutorial and making pictures and text its own rather than just link to the page? Free doesn’t mean there’s no copyright and one can do whatever one wants with it! If it was an isolated example, that would just be annoying… but in reality it’s simply sad! So… the Swatch tutorial is no longer for free, it costs 1 symbolic €… but of course it’s still available for the knitters who buy the Lopi affection pattern of which it is after all only the swatch! Practically, I integrated Swatch into the Lopi Affection PDF and sent an update to all of you who had bought the Lopi affection pattern!
Pourquoi quelqu’un passerait-il un temps dingue à recopier un tuto gratuit et s’approprier photos et texte plutôt que de faire un lien sur la page? Ce n’est pas parce que c’est gratuit qu’il n’y a pas de droit d’auteur et qu’on peut en faire ce qu’on veut! Si l’exemple était isolé ce ne serait pas trop grave…Mais en fait c’est juste triste. Donc… le tuto de Swatch est désormais payant, 1 € symbolique mais bien sûr toujours accessible avec le pull Lopi Affection dont il n’est après tout que l’échantillon: dans la pratique, je l’ai intégré au modèle et envoyé une mise à jour à toutes celles qui avaient acheté Lopi Affection!
