I can't believe it!
You should read the section 6 of the license.txt file provided with Anime Studio:
6. Content Distribution
A. As used in this section, the term "Restricted Content" means all files and data included with or part of the Program including but not limited to:
- Included files in all proprietary Program file formats (MOHO, ANME and any subsequent/compressed formats).
- Included images (including but not limited to materials, texture and transparency maps).
- Included documentation.
- Included scripts.
- Restricted Content extracted or exported from the Program remains Restricted Content except as expressly permitted by this agreement.
B. Third-party content included with Program and Documentation is copyrighted and owned by the original content creators.
C. The Company claims full ownership and copyright rights to all Company-created Restricted Content and all derivatives of these files which are not expressly permitted by this agreement.
D. You cannot sell, resell, distribute, cause to be distributed, or allow any portion of the Restricted Content to be distributed under any circumstances, via any public or private medium, except where expressly permitted by this EULA and US copyright law, without the Company's prior written consent, a copy of which must be furnished with all Restricted Content distributed in accordance with this section. You may only use the Restricted Content for exclusive use on one computer unless authorized within this EULA and/or the contents of the Company's official written consent.
E. You may copyright and distribute rendered still or animated images derived from the Restricted Content without restriction or royalty to Company provided you do not violate other clauses of this agreement.
F. If you purchased a Site License, you may distribute the Restricted Content between all computers containing valid copies of the Program, other Company products, and/or other software able to process Restricted Content.
G. You may use and distribute the Allowed Content in accordance with all applicable license terms imposed by the content's original creator. The Company does not enforce third-party rights.
H. The purpose of defining certain content as Restricted Content is to protect the Company's investment, interests, and ownership of Restricted Content. It is not the Company's policy to unreasonably restrict or inhibit any third party's creative or commercial activities. The following are Legitimate Uses of Restricted Content:
- Creating tutorials, books, or other educational materials using images of Program interface for sale, distribution, public display, etc., provided they are intended to educate users as to use of the Program, or when used under the "fair use" guidelines of US copyright law. Any other use of images of the Program interface must be approved by the Company's prior written consent.
- Creating original content for Restricted Content for sale, distribution, public display, etc.
- Creating materials for use with either Restricted or Allowed Content.
- Creating characters or props based on Restricted Content in proprietary file formats, where the original art, texture, or other Restricted Content Files are not distributed with said characters, props, scenes.
J. As part of the legitimate uses for Restricted Content outlined above, you may reproduce, distribute, sell, copyright, publicly display, and publicly perform using Restricted Content provided that such activity is limited to the Legitimate Uses enumerated above and does not violate any other clauses in this agreement and/or applicable US copyright laws.
So, if I find a car parked with the keys on and started I'm right taking it to me???? I call it theft.
I haven't any interest on defend Lost Marble, e-frontier or Smith Micro. They have their own lawyers. I only wanted to advise to rplate that in my opinion he is violating the license agreement.
Here we're not children. Each one know what he does.
-G