Is it legal or not?

NW4ever · Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 5:28 am Post subject: Is it legal or not?

Here I'm gonna post some questions about doing something legal or not.

1. Is it legal to edit someone's VXL ? (of course give him credit)
2. Is it legal to use other's game resources (buildings, units etc) ?

I need to know this because I don't wanna do Illegal stuff.

PS: You can move this to the "Crap Forum" if you like...

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#The fREaK! · AA Infantry **Joined**: 07 Oct 2003 **Location**: Sweden

If you have the authors permission you can both edit and release the modified or unmodified copy under his/her terms, but if you dont it would be illegal to distribute it, modified or not.

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stucuk · Geek **Joined**: 27 Aug 2002

Wrong. Its not nice, but its legal as long as there is NO copyrights anywhere, this means a readme file. If its copyrighted in the readme then its illegal, if not there is no legal things stopping you. The owner + community may h8 ur guts if u do it without permission but thats all.

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Banshee · Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 10:08 pm Post subject:

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but its legal as long as there is NO copyrights anywhere

- actually, there are copyrights...

There was a site that explained that, but I forgot where it was...

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stucuk · Geek **Joined**: 27 Aug 2002

Banshee what u on about?

If u read what i said its basicaly this:
If copyrights in readme, then illegal to use it as ur own/modify it.

You can use in ur own mod if its released to the public (in another words u didn't rip it from a mod)

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Banshee · Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 11:59 pm Post subject:

http://www.whatiscopyright.org/

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hellfire · Commander **Joined**: 09 Jan 2003 **Location**: Canada

It's called intelectual property, making anything created by you basically copyrighted.

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stucuk · Geek **Joined**: 27 Aug 2002

Accoring to that site it supports what i said. Administration in Schools does too. There is 3 marks u can put on documents to make them copyrighted, without them they ain't copyrighted.

Normaly with things like VXL's that don't have internal copyrights, u use a readme file, terms and conditions can also be used to put terms on the user who uses it.

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NW4ever · Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2004 7:55 am Post subject:

stucuk wrote:

You can use in ur own mod if its released to the public (in another words u didn't rip it from a mod)

I want to use this power plant taken from StarCraft...
One more question: Can I use the Photon particle from StarCraft for my mod???

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Banshee · Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2004 12:07 pm Post subject:

If you follow Starcraft's EULA, the answer is no (just like TS's and RA2's EULA).

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stucuk · Geek **Joined**: 27 Aug 2002

Tho when its games the companys don't rearly give a dam, they arn't gona sue you over using one of there buildings in a mod. Espeicaly when ur not selling it. + that game is old.

By law mods for TS and RA2 are illegal, since you at one stage are using TS/RA2 files, you use a 3rd party program to "hack" into the game to extract resources.

Basicaly the best rule to follow is this:

Taking from games by companies is ok, they won't sue someone who makes a free mod.

Taking from users without perrmission or not crediting them or ripping things from mods is not ok, the community will h8 u for it.

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Ackron · Commander **Joined**: 19 May 2004

hey look a topic i can dig up
i have in my mod several of firestorms generals voxels i recolourd them so they are GDI units
so since he gave no readme does this make them still HIS voxels or are they mine?

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NW4ever · Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 8:08 pm Post subject:

Your spam is killing me man!

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Ackron · Commander **Joined**: 19 May 2004

well this topic is still relevant dispite how old it is

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NW4ever · Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 7:13 am Post subject:

Look at you! You joined later than me and you have more posts than me. Your a hell of a spammer.

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Ackron · Commander **Joined**: 19 May 2004

its just some spam get over it

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NW4ever · Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 4:51 pm Post subject:

Only if spam wasn't legal.........

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wir · Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 8:57 am Post subject:

*edit*

stucuk · Geek **Joined**: 27 Aug 2002

Banshee/ A Moderator plz split the crap posts from this thread and delete this post.

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stucuk · Geek **Joined**: 27 Aug 2002

ackron the mighty wrote:

hey look a topic i can dig up
i have in my mod several of firestorms generals voxels i recolourd them so they are GDI units
so since he gave no readme does this make them still HIS voxels or are they mine?

They are his but recoloured by u.

ur readme if u made one would have a line like:
Made by Firestorm, Recoloured by ackron the mighty

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Ackron · Commander **Joined**: 19 May 2004

see thats all i wanted to know now this topic can rest in peace

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NW4ever · Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 5:43 pm Post subject:

They should make you a forum called "Spam in peace" where you should be the moderator...

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stucuk · Geek **Joined**: 27 Aug 2002

U started the spamming in this thread, he asked a question.

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NW4ever · Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 8:52 pm Post subject:

Ok I have said what I needed to say. Now you can split that forum and erase it...

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Ackron · Commander **Joined**: 19 May 2004

its not a crime to post in a thread just decause it havsnt been used for a while otherwise they would be locked.

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NW4ever · Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2004 8:22 am Post subject:

Flaming alert! Flaming alert! C'mon man, don't insult people like you're the greatest in all stuff.

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stucuk · Geek **Joined**: 27 Aug 2002

Noone flamed.

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Ackron · Commander **Joined**: 19 May 2004

i called him an idiot then edited the post so he looked stupid

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Banshee · Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2004 6:08 pm Post subject:

I guess you did something like that in TumSun that made them ban you there... O.o

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Ackron · Commander **Joined**: 19 May 2004

actualy i mouthed off at smiffigig thats what got me banned from there.

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hellfire · Commander **Joined**: 09 Jan 2003 **Location**: Canada

Ya was a nice time while he was gone.

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W/P · Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2004 9:09 pm Post subject:

lmao nice an quiet (cue tumbleweed)

cant resist spam sorry

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