Edited/updated review:
to address the orginal review. yes, the mod was using textures that it did not have the rights to. for more on that, read section 4 of https://content.minetest.net/policy_and_guidance/
In my orginal review, i stated "this mod used to be great when it included just the baked clay nodes, for a simple color pallete for pixel artists as well as for accenting builds with a non pattern node" and i still roughly agree with that, personally, i think the "new" nodes dont match the style of the existing ones well, with the "orginal" clay nodes being rather plain and the new ones being rather flashy. addtionally, while it is a minor gripe, and probably not easily fixable with backwards compat, this mod not using hardware coloring for the basic clay nodes causes a waste in node defs, and textures sent. while the node count here is minor, multiple mods doing this add up over time to make a bigger issue. however, as i stated previously, this probably isnt fixable.....easily at least in a backwards compat way, because while you can use an lbm to convert old nodes to the new hardware colored ones, dealing with other mods that (optionally) require this one for crafting recipes would break.
Orginal title:
license issues
Orginal text:
this mod contains modified minecraft textures which the legality of the license is questionable. this mod used to be great when it included just the baked clay nodes, for a simple color pallete for pixel artists as well as for accenting builds with a non pattern node
@wsor - I got express permission from D3PixelMon who made these textures to use them, they were a redesign of minecrafts multi coloured terracotta shaded down to 2 colours.
@wsor4035 Would you consider altering your review since not only did the licensing issue get resolved but also the maintainer actively engaged with you to fix it?
I agree with mixer, since this issue was fixed then it is fair to fix the review aswell... and i think this belonged to the issue tracker in the first place.
okay but what about minecraft modders using copyrighted images and copyrighted stuff in they're mods like for example Fnaf mod on minecraft curseforeg page uses copyrighted characters and mojang did nothing to them, or backporting mods, guys it doesn't work like that it's a commiunity made mod not official minetest product even if mojang wanted they can't do anything about it
smartfella32, hmm... yeah they are less likely to care or do anything about it but some people seem to hate others so they basically downvote their mods over any small issue and then not update their review despite the author fixing the issue and despite the person who reviewed being one of the most active people on cdb. If editors dont use the issue tracker or threads properly why would others do?
i have seen the team telling people to use threads for "bug reports" instead of reviews and i dont think a license issue belongs in a review
@wsor4035 - Thank you for your new review, the non-use of hardware colouring was on purpose for themed texture packs to make use of spare bakedclay nodes (scifi, horror blocks etc). As for the decorative glazed terracotta blocks, those are being put to some artistic uses by many players who seem to enjoy their design.
Edited/updated review:
to address the orginal review. yes, the mod was using textures that it did not have the rights to. for more on that, read section 4 of https://content.minetest.net/policy_and_guidance/
In my orginal review, i stated "this mod used to be great when it included just the baked clay nodes, for a simple color pallete for pixel artists as well as for accenting builds with a non pattern node" and i still roughly agree with that, personally, i think the "new" nodes dont match the style of the existing ones well, with the "orginal" clay nodes being rather plain and the new ones being rather flashy. addtionally, while it is a minor gripe, and probably not easily fixable with backwards compat, this mod not using hardware coloring for the basic clay nodes causes a waste in node defs, and textures sent. while the node count here is minor, multiple mods doing this add up over time to make a bigger issue. however, as i stated previously, this probably isnt fixable.....easily at least in a backwards compat way, because while you can use an lbm to convert old nodes to the new hardware colored ones, dealing with other mods that (optionally) require this one for crafting recipes would break.
Orginal title:
license issues
Orginal text:
this mod contains modified minecraft textures which the legality of the license is questionable. this mod used to be great when it included just the baked clay nodes, for a simple color pallete for pixel artists as well as for accenting builds with a non pattern node
@wsor - I got express permission from D3PixelMon who made these textures to use them, they were a redesign of minecrafts multi coloured terracotta shaded down to 2 colours.
you got permision from them, but not from minecraft who the textures are the "upstream" so to say
In the interest of keeping the peace from all sides I've switched over to new glazed terracotta textures which have a creative commons license.
@wsor4035 Would you consider altering your review since not only did the licensing issue get resolved but also the maintainer actively engaged with you to fix it?
(Not affiliated, just like the mod)
I agree with mixer, since this issue was fixed then it is fair to fix the review aswell... and i think this belonged to the issue tracker in the first place.
okay but what about minecraft modders using copyrighted images and copyrighted stuff in they're mods like for example Fnaf mod on minecraft curseforeg page uses copyrighted characters and mojang did nothing to them, or backporting mods, guys it doesn't work like that it's a commiunity made mod not official minetest product even if mojang wanted they can't do anything about it
smartfella32, hmm... yeah they are less likely to care or do anything about it but some people seem to hate others so they basically downvote their mods over any small issue and then not update their review despite the author fixing the issue and despite the person who reviewed being one of the most active people on cdb. If editors dont use the issue tracker or threads properly why would others do?
i have seen the team telling people to use threads for "bug reports" instead of reviews and i dont think a license issue belongs in a review
@wsor4035 - Thank you for your new review, the non-use of hardware colouring was on purpose for themed texture packs to make use of spare bakedclay nodes (scifi, horror blocks etc). As for the decorative glazed terracotta blocks, those are being put to some artistic uses by many players who seem to enjoy their design.