07-17-2008, 10:42 PM
I'm gonna have to say, "No. It's a form of sprite theft."
As a spriter for M.U.G.E.N, I would feel very very uncomfortable if people were to use my custom sprites with or without permission. If we were to allow ripping of M.U.G.E.N sheets, it'd probably have lots of people ripping most sprites, custom or not. Most people would probably rip all of it before asking to submit it. Now when it gets rejected then, they still have a ripped sheet that people could use. So other sites could accept it or they host it themselves. Either way It's gonna be hosted and people will have access to your hard made sprites.
In other words, People would never really ask for permission from the creator to rip it, or even read the rules of doing so and host it somewhere with or without permission.
Custom sprites take a long time to make. Some would feel honored of their sheets being ripped, and others not. If the creators love their work being shown to others they can release the sheet themselves.
Edited sprites are of course edits off original sprites, or some else's own custom or edit.
Ripping those types would be too much trouble. You need the original ripper's/creator's name credited and/or other names credited from other works used to make that edit. Even if we ask the creator about the credits of what is what, he may not remember or know.
Even if this idea of submitting these sheets become valid, it would hold many rules. Actually maybe only a few, but a few no one would read. Most people aren't that smart or nice etc.
Then would come that trouble about rejected sheets still being hosted elsewhere problem I mentioned earlier.
Simply put. The original creator can submit their own work in the Edited/Custom sections. If they don't want their work distributed, they won't submit it. If they do, they'll submit it. Seriously how hard is submitting your own work if you want it public? How hard is it to understand people feeling uncomfortable about their work being public when they don't want to? Those uncomfortable people just simply won't submit it.
As a spriter for M.U.G.E.N, I would feel very very uncomfortable if people were to use my custom sprites with or without permission. If we were to allow ripping of M.U.G.E.N sheets, it'd probably have lots of people ripping most sprites, custom or not. Most people would probably rip all of it before asking to submit it. Now when it gets rejected then, they still have a ripped sheet that people could use. So other sites could accept it or they host it themselves. Either way It's gonna be hosted and people will have access to your hard made sprites.
In other words, People would never really ask for permission from the creator to rip it, or even read the rules of doing so and host it somewhere with or without permission.
Custom sprites take a long time to make. Some would feel honored of their sheets being ripped, and others not. If the creators love their work being shown to others they can release the sheet themselves.
Edited sprites are of course edits off original sprites, or some else's own custom or edit.
Ripping those types would be too much trouble. You need the original ripper's/creator's name credited and/or other names credited from other works used to make that edit. Even if we ask the creator about the credits of what is what, he may not remember or know.
Even if this idea of submitting these sheets become valid, it would hold many rules. Actually maybe only a few, but a few no one would read. Most people aren't that smart or nice etc.
Then would come that trouble about rejected sheets still being hosted elsewhere problem I mentioned earlier.
Simply put. The original creator can submit their own work in the Edited/Custom sections. If they don't want their work distributed, they won't submit it. If they do, they'll submit it. Seriously how hard is submitting your own work if you want it public? How hard is it to understand people feeling uncomfortable about their work being public when they don't want to? Those uncomfortable people just simply won't submit it.