Raikee wrote:... about themes actually based on existing themes ?? for example this one:http://symbianthemes.com/info.php?id=310
it's called Green Manga.. it's actually build over MY Green Lantern theme..the icons, the bars, tabs, even the analogue clock.. i mean almost everything except the wallpapers, pinboards and some window color are changed but you can really see that it's actually the green lantern theme..
i mean you can't prohibit people to use it but i think they should have originality too.. i spent a lot of time creating those tabs and bars, masking the icons so that they never have a white outline.. and then you see your work bein used by others.. is kinda frustating..
hey i also used some parts of existing themes on my early days of theme creation but i still put in some new things and tried not to really copy.. i always tried to make it MY own..
so guys what are your opinions...
Hi,
The theme is good mate, you make some nice themes and share them with others.
I've started doing the same with mine, using common parts but altering the main pictures to suit a new theme.
It's the other bit that puzzles me a bit, if you don't want to share it or have people use your work then don't post it mate.
Why is it frustrating? Take it as a compliment that they like your hard work to use in their own theme.
I've made some of my own icons and used other peoples as well, but only one's that appeal to me for the way they look.
Lets not forget these icons were most probably taken from somewhere else anyway and just resized for our phones, has the original creator kicked up any fuss about his work being used? No, not to my knowledge anyway.
I maybe wrong but to me now this theme lark is getting a little to protective and quite nasty at times, all for no real reason.
It's almost like, "Ok this is MINE! You can use it if you want but it's mine, I made it, I own it, but you can have it as long as you abide by my rules".
I totally agree with you that if a person has made a theme then they deserve the credit for it and not have what has happened recently, where people have uploaded to SymbianThemes and almost called it their own work when quite plainly it isn't. A genuine mistake is a mistake though, so you cannot judge until you know for sure.
As I said very well done on your theme's but if your not happy with people using them and parts of them don't post them.
This is no way a dig or nasty post, just my thoughts. Bear in mind some of my theme parts may or may not have been used, in that same school of thought I to have used others work myself.
Ian