See...I took so long scrutinizing things that the conversation has moved on without me

hehe opps replied in the wrong spot

Frankly I'm not convinced.....the issue is who borrowed what from whom.

Accusations of ripping should be left via email to admins, as 'wrong' accusations are 'libel' and therefore defamatory or even actionable.

There so far is no evidence that the second work has borrowed anything at all from what was exclusive, original content in the first work.

If you wish this to be public then the accusor is required to provide evidence that work unique to his own creation, not available from a third source was plagiarised.

At this stage there is no evidence of any kind that BOTH works may not have 'borrowed' their origins from a third.

This is not about a pixel comparison, but whether one or either was the first to apply exactly that style of glassy gradient.

Currently, with over 2600 WB skins there is an extremely likely chance of close similarity occurring, but until it can be demonstrated that it is not a case of both being derived from the same source then no definitive decision can be reached...

haha he beat you HG

At this stage there is no evidence of any kind that BOTH works may not have 'borrowed' their origins from a third.

this is true jaffo. from the images i had compared,i could see the attempted erasure of parts from the other.
it didnt occur to me that they both could be from a 3rd source ..

#32 - yep, I was refering to the default Stardock supply with SkinStudio. I've looked for something confirming they can be used but without avail, and yet it seems pointless reinventing the wheel for such simple componants...

Sput....the defaults are fine.....most use them...

oh and i compared quite a few of the images. i just posted 1 example but there's more than 1 that shows where the dots were and the main parts were erased but the shadowing still remains......

basically that they both probably come from the same origin...

i took for granted who made what first .. my appologies

Let me get one thing perfectly clear: This is not an accusation, it started as a question from my part. The thing that bothers me is that ive spent a lot of time making each element and then its recolored, and someone takes all the credit.

Jafo: I have made the elements in my skin by modifying elements from many other skins. But when i say modify, I mean completely modified from scratch, not just colorized. The main reason for this is that the sizes of the bitmaps in other skins are often much better than the default sizes, and as a newbie its an easy way of getting the right sizes !! I can see for sure that ive made these parts, and i am very disappointed at being suspected by you to have stolen these elements ive worked very hard / long to make !! ( As a newbie it takes time ! )

Sorry Michael. I will leave this one to the admins as I have no idea if it is a rip or not.

I did not mean to intend THAT YOUR work is a rip. Sorry

well... I can't attest to the originality of the M3 skin but clearly the PearlBlue one uses lots of the images from the M3 one...  and to answer the question asked earlier, no it's not okay to do that without written permission from the person who's work you are including (and recoloring).

I'd say PearlBlue author needs to get permission from M3 author. PearlBlue file dates are about 10 days later than M3 file dates.

"My 2nd skin, inspired by "fivesballs" wonderful Desktop X goodies. Thanks to Bill for the use of his graphics, hope you like it"

Anyone bothered to check that as a source of 'inspiration'?

Come on, guys....exactly how original is a glassy-styled button, blue or not blue?

Unfortunately, dates of compilation and/or submission won't guarantee anything, one way OR another...

this has been one heck of a debate