Yeah I don't get why he went the charity route at all. It's completely out of left field, and makes the situation in which there was clearly already a misunders

Yeah I don't get why he went the charity route at all. It's completely out of left field, and makes the situation in which there was clearly already a misunderstanding even more confusing. Is this a common means of payment for licensing creative works? (when not explicitly part of a charity auction or something) I assume the author thinks that this makes him look unselfish, i.e. he is merely concerned about the principle of the matter and his artistic integrity rather than the money itself. But it actually comes across as overly self-righteous, and feels like he's just being difficult for no real reason since he doesn't even stand to gain anything from it.