On the commerical use of filters.

Alright, I've already sent out two emails about this (one to Filter Forge, and one to the author of the filter), but I need to know post-haste, so I'm appealing to the forum at large.

I am producing a logo for a client. The client will pay me for the finished product... I hope. For the text portion of the logo, I used the "Metalizer" filter from Freepack #1. Is this acceptable? Most of the forum discussion seems to be about the moral/legal issues involved in selling textures derived from the filters, and I'm not sure if that applies to this issue. I don't want to get in trouble over this. I'm just a high school art student, and this entire project is a favor to my father, who knows the client. I usually stay away from filters (copyright infringement scares me), but this "Metalizer" filter does exactly what the client wants.

So... thoughts? This is a rush job, and actually needs to be delivered tomorrow, so... any advice you can offer would be great.

Well, it occurred to me that "free" is a dubious term, and might not apply to all circumstances. I am (theoretically) going to make money from the use of this filter-- I can't imagine they're too pleased by that. Also, thank you for responding.

sciosa,

you're welcome.

if you are truly still in doubt, read the eula (end user license agreement) that shld have come with the freepack. i hate legalese, myself, but it shld make it clear to you that you can use it as you're intending.

Yup, you can do whatever you want with them.....

When and if a new EULA restriction is implemented, I think it would most likely only restrict the reselling of straight texture results without author permission/compensation......and won't have any affect at all on creatively applied/manipulated textures......