Shoutbox

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Originally posted by artfuldodga
Skins and Skin Ideas are meant to be Copied, Modified and Improved upon, period.

I have no idea why anyone would oppose this.

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Its a different case when you work hard on something and then someone just takes what you did, edits it and says its theirs. If you have ever had this happen to you, you would know its frustrating and can make you just say "f*** this, why should I even bother anymore". This thought has crossed my mind before, but because it has only happened once its the reason I'm still around.

I agree that skins do need to be improved from feedback and such but there is a difference between improving and stealing.

All that most skinners ask for is that if someone is going to use their skin as a base or guide that they at least do the courtesy of saying "yeah i made this, but It was based off this skin"

If you take a look at skinners from the old era (7.5, 8.0 etc) pretty much the majority mention when they got help from someone else or used another skin as a guide.

And on a side note skins and skin ideas are NOT meant to be copied if its an original design (i.e something not based around an exisiting UI, Skin, OS or whatever).