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June 8th, 2002, 05:17 AM
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Re: Calling all programmers! New SEIV project needs you!
Copyrights, as far as written works go, aren't forever...well, unless you consider 70 years after the author's death forever. If code copyrights are the same, that puts all game code out of reach until sometime late in the next century.
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June 8th, 2002, 03:09 PM
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Re: Calling all programmers! New SEIV project needs you!
IMHO the first problem encountered won't be legal... but technical, as H Aventine said, you can't modify a program without source code, reverse engineering is possible but it's VERY difficult and tricky to make other than minor change !
For me it's a no-go as long as source code is not available ... Great idea though !
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June 8th, 2002, 04:02 PM
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Re: Calling all programmers! New SEIV project needs you!
Yes, if you are really serious about this, it is best to contact MM and work out all the details with him. Otherwise there must be a legal problem since officially you buy only a licence to use his product, not the program itself.
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June 8th, 2002, 09:26 PM
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Re: Calling all programmers! New SEIV project needs you!
I can't seem to find the SE IV EULA, but depending on how it's worded, and if you live in a state that has passed the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA), reverse engineering the program may be illegal, as well.
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June 9th, 2002, 12:44 AM
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Re: Calling all programmers! New SEIV project needs you!
Um, you'd have to get the source code from MM if you wnat to seriously edit it. Since it is a commercial product, you'll have to shell out some money or do some reverse engineering (baaaaad idea) to get it
if your idea can be done with modding then it should be ok, but otherwise forget it
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June 9th, 2002, 02:33 AM
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Re: Calling all programmers! New SEIV project needs you!
With a project like the one being proposed here, wouldn't there be an open source area where you could get something similar.
The changes you propose are major changes. Why not make your own game from it
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June 9th, 2002, 04:08 AM
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Re: Calling all programmers! New SEIV project needs you!
Hmm, I know there is a free/open source Civ clone out there but I can't think if there's a 4X game or not. There are 'free' space games out there which you might be able to get the source for to adapt to what you want to do. Galaxy is one, I think, but it's supposed to play mor elike Civ than the 4X genre.
You might want to go to SourceForge.net and search to see what sorts of projects they are carrying.
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