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den-all theses completely brilliant render programs I can't afford. I see the mind blowing things other people create using BRYCE, 3dStudio Max, Poser and such, and wish desperately I could do the same.
But I'd have to pirate the software. I ask myself the question "Would I feel comfortable displaying images created using materials I have stolen?" and "Would I be happy receiving praise for those images?"
The answers are always "No" and "Yes, and guilty too."
The other day I saw someone mention on irc that they would have to "check the warez sites" for a render proggy, and I asked how they felt. I was told that they couldn't afford to buy it.
I don't think that really answered the question.
I feel crappy about using what I use. POVRay is free, but MORay isn't. I still use it because I know I can afford to register it when I have the money.
Right this instant I have $450 in the bank - enough for 1 car repayment. I've had to move back in with mum and dad so rent isn't a problem as long as I pay for my share of the food.
Fuck. 40 years old and living with Mum and Dad. I have *got* to get a proper job. Working for the family company isn't paying me, and installations for Hardly Normal are few and far between.
And I feel shitty about using unregistered software.
But I'd have to pirate the software. I ask myself the question "Would I feel comfortable displaying images created using materials I have stolen?" and "Would I be happy receiving praise for those images?"
The answers are always "No" and "Yes, and guilty too."
The other day I saw someone mention on irc that they would have to "check the warez sites" for a render proggy, and I asked how they felt. I was told that they couldn't afford to buy it.
I don't think that really answered the question.
I feel crappy about using what I use. POVRay is free, but MORay isn't. I still use it because I know I can afford to register it when I have the money.
Right this instant I have $450 in the bank - enough for 1 car repayment. I've had to move back in with mum and dad so rent isn't a problem as long as I pay for my share of the food.
Fuck. 40 years old and living with Mum and Dad. I have *got* to get a proper job. Working for the family company isn't paying me, and installations for Hardly Normal are few and far between.
And I feel shitty about using unregistered software.
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Date: 19 Oct 2001 06:27 (UTC)Aww
Date: 19 Oct 2001 11:09 (UTC)Well I will say one thing, most of us programmers who do shareware (I may well do some in the future, doing all freeware right now) have been in your position too before. Well not the exact circumstances but we know what its like to be the starving artist/prgorammer type. If it were me who wrote it, I wouldn't care if you used it unregistered because you coudln't afford to. I'd understand and I'd hope the people who wrote it would too. I'd only get upset at people who COULD afford it comfortably and used it say, professionally to make tons of money for themselves. There is a difference, its shareware for that reason, if we wanted only paid users, we'd sell it shrink wrapped in a store or on the web.