Since I know there are people who would like nothing to do with giving free clip files or base files from TG2 to others in what seems an indiscriminate fashion, here's my rationale.
The benefits of a public file library here on Planetside, besides the gracious opportunity to utilize disk space from Planetside, are:
1. Learning. To learn by example is always the best and clearest way.
2. Amalgamation of various ways to do one thing. How many times have you seen someone's work and wondered where they came up with the ideas to generate such a cool node network?
3. Two heads are always better than one. The humble willingness to combine intellects leads to the higher ground; not visa versa.
4. True artists grow by giving, not by being stingy.
Because some people will take our work and not learn from it, but rather enhance their own fortress of "art", is no reason for us. It is very rare when someone can take others' work and actually gain the consistent reputation of being a skilled artisan. So let someone "steal" our ideas. The real talent will shine. Works like TU and Seth come through talent and skilled understanding. This can't be faked.
