Question about editing skins

[NarGalloth]

Hi.

I had this doubt a long time ago, and I want to solve it now:
Do I have to ask permission to the author of a skin if I want to make a mere recolor of it? I'm asking this because I very often find awesome skins, but they do not have the colors I need.
So I want to know if I have to ask permission before doing it. I have this doubt because I think that a recolor is a very easy a simple edit, so I don't know if people will get angry if I edit the colors of their skins without asking permission.

Regards

 

[chr2]

You always have to ask for permission of an author before editing their resources, unless it's otherwise stated you are allowed to modify it.
However, if the author is inactive, I believe there is a rule saying that you can edit resources as long as six months have passed since the author became inactive.

 

[NarGalloth]

And what can I do if the author does not allow PM or Visitor Messages?
How can I ask him? Because I don't think I should make threads for asking this kind of things...
Regards