Mar has committed a terrible faux pas, and I feel absolutely awful about it, especially considering my ongoing efforts to inform newbies about etiquette in Second Life.<\/p>\n
Some time ago, Mar put together a hedge-making kit containing two hedge textures, a hedge sculpted prim, and the sculpt map she used to make that prim (which she found in a freebie, full-permission sculpt map pack). At the time she didn’t even think<\/em> about checking the creator of the sculpt map to see if they had any wishes regarding the possible resale of the item (I was completely green about intellectual property rights in Second Life back then), and in all honesty I had completely forgotten all about it. That was incredibly thoughtless of me, and now that it’s been brought to my attention I’m utterly mortified, because I am not that person<\/em> who does things like that intentionally.<\/p>\n I have now unlisted the kit from SL Marketplace, removed it from both of my Magic Boxes (which means that, even if someone has an old link open in a browser tab, the item does not exist and cannot be sent by the boxes – nor will they be charged for it) and also removed it from my little stall in Baileya. Since the kit was for sale for L$10, this means that Mar has made money out of it and, while the original sculpt map texture is from a kit that the creator offers freely, I still feel bad that this has helped to pay my in-world rent on the Newbie Haven (which is also my home) for so long. To that end, I’ve tried to make reparation to the creator, inasmuch as I can guess what I have earned from the item and can afford at the moment.<\/p>\n This is a public apology to the creator: Cel Edman. Cel, I am terribly sorry.<\/p>\n To everyone else: if you intend to put together anything as I did, please<\/em> check the creator of any full-permission items that you intend to include, to avoid making such a faux pas yourself.<\/p>\n