I'm a little confused here. If it's a community skin for the community then why does the community have to pay for it?

lol quentin a free for all means anyone can participate........not meaning that its free........you goose.  

Is that a pre-requisite? and if so.. under who's law? When you own the company..you can call the shots and reserve the rights.

Bug, thats why i put up this post......id like to get it resolved.........
I am trying to discuss it........ive been very polite and diplomatic.....cant you tell?

again John said earlier :

Demands are getting this nowhere kitty.

what difference does it make if Harmony wasn't a free blind? that has no bearing on whether or not it was a community effort. vstyler didn't have to allow anyone to make matching skins for secondary apps but he did. if he hadn't, you folks would be in here saying he was being a bully and wouldn't let anyone use his psd files. get over it! the skin wasn't free. others are.

if NT (sorry Craig. i'm using you as an example in name only ) wants to post a premium blind and others make secondary app skins, more power to him. i'm all for skinners making money if they can.

Well then how can it be called a 'community' skin if you choose who to add and leave out?

maybe we could be less confusing

Harmony WB is not free and is not a community skin
Harmony Suite was made by some people from this community and some that are also members of maxstyles
all others elements in this suite are free

Name one person left out please.  

just one.

okay.......i appologize for my mistake.

The 'original' definition of 'community skin'...again that which was first...those by Crumbut ... they were big....very big...and thus actually necessitated there be several skinners involved.

The concept of 'community skin' was all about it being a group effort from members of the community.

The important distinction was/is 'group effort' as distinct from 'one skinner doing all facets of a suite'.

Is there some 'law' inplace that a formal tendering process is required for a suite to be deemed 'community'...or for that matter must a 'community' skin be free?

I don't think so....though in the latter one hopes a commercial community effort's 'profits' are shared equitably amongst all participants....but that too is something to determine between parties involved....those not included in the process need not debate the particulars....it's irrelevant.

As I mentioned already....any community effort will become a 'closed group' once all positions are filled...so if one is the second WA skinner to volunteer they will miss out...unless there is perhaps an option for creating multi vers of a proggy's skin...though that will dilute the cohesion of the 'suite'...

Jafo must be invisible....

So what?... what does it matter to you?

waiting for the ONE person I left out.

Obviously this is a topic that really means nothing in the big picture but there is never any harm in discussing things and trying to get crystal clear on matters.

These are forums to discuss things. If you don't have a stake in the issue, please, don't butt in.

It matters to Kitty. That's good enough reason to discuss the matter.

Something V said caused me to look at it a little different. I'm not going to even try to explain but I do understand now why V feels it is a communty project. Credit was shared by the community.