A potential Blow to many folk.... Wrapped Up in a 50% Sale offer.
Many of you will have received an e-mail from Trainsimulations with an extended 50% OFF Offer lasting into October.
How many of you read the notice on Trainsimulations Home Page?
As it reads I'm not really clear about the full implications or logic behind this announcement? On the face of it it looks like just swapping labels on many sets? and if the relabelled product contains additional items will these be freely available to folk who bought the originals?
We've already lost many of the early sets that folk spent hours doing freeware reskins for. Many sets have been "amalgamated" with some items no longer included.
Whilst SLI's reskin policy was welcomed they must acknowledge that the efforts of freeware contributors gave them free publicity and extra sales. A "win/win" situation initially? But their subsequent actions have rendered some folks efforts unusable. A fine reward for boosting their sales
I'd suggest in view of the above announcement that trainsimulations should consider uploading any models that they no longer want to sell or support as freeware to one or all of the freeware libraries. If nothing more it would be a courtesy to the freeware supporters who've worked on additional skins and a bonus for those of us who have been paying customers over the years.
Many of you will have received an e-mail from Trainsimulations with an extended 50% OFF Offer lasting into October.
How many of you read the notice on Trainsimulations Home Page?
As it reads I'm not really clear about the full implications or logic behind this announcement? On the face of it it looks like just swapping labels on many sets? and if the relabelled product contains additional items will these be freely available to folk who bought the originals?
We've already lost many of the early sets that folk spent hours doing freeware reskins for. Many sets have been "amalgamated" with some items no longer included.
Whilst SLI's reskin policy was welcomed they must acknowledge that the efforts of freeware contributors gave them free publicity and extra sales. A "win/win" situation initially? But their subsequent actions have rendered some folks efforts unusable. A fine reward for boosting their sales
I'd suggest in view of the above announcement that trainsimulations should consider uploading any models that they no longer want to sell or support as freeware to one or all of the freeware libraries. If nothing more it would be a courtesy to the freeware supporters who've worked on additional skins and a bonus for those of us who have been paying customers over the years.
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