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Github mirror: https://github.com/Jackathan/MarcLaidlaw-Epistle3 https://github.com/Jackathan/MarcLaidlaw-Epistle3

by verroq 9y ago

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Freak_NL 9y ago
While the source article is overwhelmed with requests; why was the story released this way?
- gregjw 9y ago
  Likely disgruntled with not getting his story told.
- wrinkl3 9y ago
  Apparently his NDA has just expired.
  - pvg 9y ago
    Valve's ownership of its IP surely didn't expire so this still seems pretty odd.
    - scrollaway 9y ago
      The writer is claiming it's fanfic, and all the names have been changed. I also suspect that if no game is going to be released, Valve will not bother with legal action; they look bad as it is already.
      - grogenaut 9y ago
        Valve's current market idea to not really make games doesn't mean that they don't want to take action on the ip 5, 10, 20, 50, 70 years from now and per their rights they are in their rights to wait that long. Content creators don't owe you a thing unless they already took your money for it.
        canime 9y ago
        An argument for content creators not owing you anything seems to mirror that content creators aren't owed any respect for their creations either. I mean we have IP laws to encourage content creaters to create by ensuring they can capitalise on their creations or perhaps to allow them to preserve the artistic merit of these creations. In that spirit there's probably a good argument to be made that it's in the public interest to add to clearly incomplete bodies of work that appear to be abandoned. Whether that's practical or does more harm to the public good is the question.
        grogenaut 9y ago
        Sure but what's a valid window? At 5 years Martin would have lost game of thrones. Also they owe you for the thing they made already. If you forced them to complete works on your timeline then you're indenturing them.
- gear54rus 9y ago
  Well why shouldn't it be released? As we now know it's unlikely to be delivered in a form of a game so it can be given its due another way. .. Ha-ha, 2 downvotes and no explanation. Is this about so-called 'copy right' bullshit?
geofft 9y ago
Not quite a mirror: the names have been changed to match actual Half-Life characters instead of the genderswapped versions in the original.
- KGIII 9y ago
  The link is a forbidden error, for me. Edit: Fixed now, and the title changed.

Github mirror: https://github.com/Jackathan/MarcLaidlaw-Epistle3 https://github.com/Jackathan/MarcLaidlaw-Epistle3

by verroq 9y ago

Github mirror: https://github.com/Jackathan/MarcLaidlaw-Epistle3 https://github.com/Jackathan/MarcLaidlaw-Epistle3

deleted 9y ago

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Freak_NL 9y ago

While the source article is overwhelmed with requests; why was the story released this way?

gregjw 9y ago
Likely disgruntled with not getting his story told.
wrinkl3 9y ago
Apparently his NDA has just expired.
- pvg 9y ago
  Valve's ownership of its IP surely didn't expire so this still seems pretty odd.
  - scrollaway 9y ago
    The writer is claiming it's fanfic, and all the names have been changed. I also suspect that if no game is going to be released, Valve will not bother with legal action; they look bad as it is already.
    - grogenaut 9y ago
      Valve's current market idea to not really make games doesn't mean that they don't want to take action on the ip 5, 10, 20, 50, 70 years from now and per their rights they are in their rights to wait that long. Content creators don't owe you a thing unless they already took your money for it.
      - canime 9y ago
        An argument for content creators not owing you anything seems to mirror that content creators aren't owed any respect for their creations either. I mean we have IP laws to encourage content creaters to create by ensuring they can capitalise on their creations or perhaps to allow them to preserve the artistic merit of these creations. In that spirit there's probably a good argument to be made that it's in the public interest to add to clearly incomplete bodies of work that appear to be abandoned. Whether that's practical or does more harm to the public good is the question.
        grogenaut 9y ago
        Sure but what's a valid window? At 5 years Martin would have lost game of thrones. Also they owe you for the thing they made already. If you forced them to complete works on your timeline then you're indenturing them.
gear54rus 9y ago
Well why shouldn't it be released? As we now know it's unlikely to be delivered in a form of a game so it can be given its due another way. .. Ha-ha, 2 downvotes and no explanation. Is this about so-called 'copy right' bullshit?

geofft 9y ago

Not quite a mirror: the names have been changed to match actual Half-Life characters instead of the genderswapped versions in the original.

KGIII 9y ago
The link is a forbidden error, for me. Edit: Fixed now, and the title changed.