Nobody likes reading the fine print, least of all when you’re just downloading some 3D model. While printing a copy for personal use this is rarely an issue, things can get a lot more complic…
I thought it was obvious you wouldn’t say “hey I just took your benchy model and changed N vertices”. But just “happened” to inadvertently create a benchy lookalike.
Also there is definitely a point where it would be safe to reproduce the benchy design otherwise we could point at anything on earth and say “that’s a heavily modified benchy.”
Or are we all benchy? Am I a benchy with a thousand modified vertices?
So let’s be pragmatic there is nothing preventing me even to start a new design that vaguely ressemble the Benchy design. All it takes is for that “vaguely” to be enough so that you could argue you were not making a benchy redesign but just stumbled on something that could look Like a benchy.
Again, it all depends on intent. You can try to just “happen” to “inadvertently” create a benchy lookalike, but your success depends on whether you can bullshit the judge into believing that, not the actual degree of similarity.
I thought it was obvious you wouldn’t say “hey I just took your benchy model and changed N vertices”. But just “happened” to inadvertently create a benchy lookalike.
Also there is definitely a point where it would be safe to reproduce the benchy design otherwise we could point at anything on earth and say “that’s a heavily modified benchy.”
Or are we all benchy? Am I a benchy with a thousand modified vertices?
So let’s be pragmatic there is nothing preventing me even to start a new design that vaguely ressemble the Benchy design. All it takes is for that “vaguely” to be enough so that you could argue you were not making a benchy redesign but just stumbled on something that could look Like a benchy.
Again, it all depends on intent. You can try to just “happen” to “inadvertently” create a benchy lookalike, but your success depends on whether you can bullshit the judge into believing that, not the actual degree of similarity.
I’m more surprised anyone cares at all.
This is the internet.
Yarr.
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SpartacBenchy!No, I am Benchy!