Well this has been quite the read.
It's definitely true that the way MiTo is acting, he's more likely to get people intentionally trying to copy and reproduce his work.
Reading all his replies I get the sense "I demand that I be given ownership of the colorway and icons by the community and SP because of this great work of art that I have created"
Respect my decision as the creator of the keyset.
While also contradicting himself with this part that is obviously not sarcasm
Ego? I made a goddamn keyset, what's the big ****ing deal about it? I assembled colorful pieces of plastic together with a logo made by Nico and icons made by myself. What a great genius I am right?
If it really didn't matter to you and you only see it as a few pieces of plastic, why are you so protective of it? Why not let others / SP do whatever runs of it or similar sets?
The community grew much more than we could predict, there are new people coming in everyday. And even though I have a very rigid philosophy about materialism I can't force my own philosophy down people's throats. What philosophy do I have? Well I'm a very minimalist person, I only have one board, a set of PBT blanks and a pair of artisans that arrived in the mail yesterday. I love to visually appreciate things (I have a huge album with pictures of all of you guys' caps and boards) but I don't feel the need of possession in the slightest. I know how to appreciate without the need of possession.
All your comments in this thread have been exactly trying to force your ideas.
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That it's okay not to attribute work.
That it's okay to break the rules (paying for the work after the fact simply because of community backlash. And didn't you even state that the university is paying for it and not you?)
That people shouldn't want to own a keyset, that a picture will suffice.
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Running an exclusive set goes directly against your idea that people shouldn't buy to have something. If they don't buy it, they may never be able to get it in the future.
When I take a picture of an artisan keycap, I can only do so much to capture the artistic value (which is also limited by my admittedly poor skill) of it but looking at a picture is not the same as seeing it in person, feeling the texture of it as you press down on that key (if you actually put yours on your boards).
If they wanted to enjoy PuLSE to the fullest extent in the future, you basically forced them to buy into the group buy by saying that it would be an exclusive one shot. And at the same time, leaving anybody who wasn't able to buy into the original group buy in the dust.
For your specific keyboard, did you just buy a random crap bag and randomly place keycaps on your board? Or did you choose a specific set of PBT blanks that matched your tastes? Both color wise and profile wise.
Is it not possible that someone out there feels that PuLSE is that "one" set set that they want to use? (It doesn't even have to be PuLSE really)