Maybe he doesn't care about 'making a name for himself' and just wants to eat?
If you use software for a commercial purpose and the price is lower than what it would cost you to make it yourself then buy don't make is where it's at.
If he wants a 'portion of whatever money you make with his scripts' (that's called a profit share) then I think he's over-estimating that cost by a considerable margin, also he's building this on top of ImageMagick which is a very extensive suite of programs doing all the heavy lifting and these scripts tie those programs together.
If you don't know ImageMagick enough to string together 6 commands then this might be a useful resource, if you can then it might serve you as inspiration just by looking at title and documentation and never downloading the script.
Either way, it's out there without any obligation on your part, for hobbyists it's a boon.
I don't disagree, but I would point out that for those who are new to the industry, making a name for yourself can be a very good way of feeding yourself in the long term. Perhaps I should have instead framed it as building his portfolio.
But everyone needs to eat in the short-term too. :)
That wasn't a rude comment, but yours certainly is. The typical format of these scripts is a bunch of documentation, a bunch of setup and then between 2 and 10 imagemagick calls to do the actual work.
If you use software for a commercial purpose and the price is lower than what it would cost you to make it yourself then buy don't make is where it's at.
If he wants a 'portion of whatever money you make with his scripts' (that's called a profit share) then I think he's over-estimating that cost by a considerable margin, also he's building this on top of ImageMagick which is a very extensive suite of programs doing all the heavy lifting and these scripts tie those programs together.
If you don't know ImageMagick enough to string together 6 commands then this might be a useful resource, if you can then it might serve you as inspiration just by looking at title and documentation and never downloading the script.
Either way, it's out there without any obligation on your part, for hobbyists it's a boon.