A little late to the party but I'm glad I got wind of this.
Plagiarism is something this community does not need. We've had bad actors before and it always hurts everyone, the whole community. I still remember talking to someone who had to spend a lot of time remapping their entire game after the "Kaus Tileset Incident". It makes people angry, tired and frustrated and this community can't really afford to lose any more talented creators.
I'm going to say what most of us here already know, which is that those content creators who's allowing their work to be used for free are heroes (
just like Harold ) that needs to be treasured. The reason I'm repeating this is because there's bound to be at least a few young people around here, who may be thankful for the "free stuff", but not really aware of how much of a sacrifice those who made that free stuff is actually making.
Money. We
all need money. Most adults, even if we have stable jobs, barely make enough. We have bills to pay and families to provide for. Not to mention that most of us are swimming in student debt and/or mortgage. And if there's anything left we need to save for our pensions (and a billion other things). It's the reality of being a grown-up.
Yet there are those who choose to give away their stuff for free. Stuff that are of a professional quality and easily could have sold. Often you're even allowed to make commercial products without paying any license fees or royalties for this stuff. Not many people would make that choice. Most would ask for money (which is a more than reasonable request).
Now those who try to exploit this extreme generosity needs to be set straight, and I'm glad to see that the community is coming together to do just that. And with everyone help, the awareness of this incident will spread so that even those who may not check in on RMW every day or read Yanfly's blog gets the information in time (sooner rather than later, hopefully).
