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We should clone this repository before Github gets sent a DMCA takedown notice.

by jannes 8y ago

EpicEng 8y ago
>"This work is being released to the Public Domain. No assets of Diablo are being provided. You must own a copy of Diablo and have access to the assets beforehand in order to use this software."
- davidcbc 8y ago
  Just because someone says what they are doing is legal doesn't mean it is. IANAL so I don't know but the source files have Blizzard's copyright warning in them
  - superkuh 8y ago
    And now that MS owns github there's reason to believe they're going to be more active/compliant about bullshit DMCA take down requests.
    - SXX 8y ago
      GitHub was always super compilant in regard of DMCA. MS will change nothing.
    - sakarisson 8y ago
      It wouldn't be a bullshit takedown request. The source code even had a copyright notice before the repo owner "removed the fear factor". https://github.com/galaxyhaxz/devilution/commit/bb01c6f084b8d6525785f7f41a2ceca18c06c86c https://github.com/galaxyhaxz/devilution/commit/bb01c6f084b8... In fact, when you wrote your comment, those notices were still there, so you have no excuse for writing such an ill-informed comment.
      - galaxyhaxz 8y ago
        The copyright notice was fake, I was the one who typed it up originally and removed it so people don't think this actually came from blizzard. It will be interesting to see what happens on Blizzard's end. I won't be surprised if the repo gets DMCA'd. It's not a big deal to me either way, I did this for the learning experience.
  - deleted 8y ago
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- linuxasheviller 8y ago
  That won't stop a cease and desist, though. See also: FreeCraft, bnetd. Though I actually think this will be a good test of how GitHub's new owner reacts when faced with an issue of community versus corporation.
- ecliptik 8y ago
  In the early aughts, Blizzard took down bnetd due to > alleged copyright infringement, trademark infringement, and violations of their games' End User License Agreement (sometimes referred to as a clickwrap license) and DMCA anti-circumvention prohibitions [1] and that was just open-source server software, not even a game. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bnetd#Blizzard_takedown_demand_and_lawsuit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bnetd#Blizzard_takedown_demand...
bri3d 8y ago
OpenRCT2 has been chugging along happily for quite some time using the same approach (run the binary through IDA Pro). Now, certainly, they don't have a known-draconian copyright owner like Blizzard watching the IP, but I think it falls into the same infringement area.

We should clone this repository before Github gets sent a DMCA takedown notice.

by jannes 8y ago

We should clone this repository before Github gets sent a DMCA takedown notice.

>"This work is being released to the Public Domain. No assets of Diablo are being provided. You must own a copy of Diablo and have access to the assets beforehand in order to use this software."

davidcbc 8y ago
Just because someone says what they are doing is legal doesn't mean it is. IANAL so I don't know but the source files have Blizzard's copyright warning in them
- superkuh 8y ago
  And now that MS owns github there's reason to believe they're going to be more active/compliant about bullshit DMCA take down requests.
  - SXX 8y ago
    GitHub was always super compilant in regard of DMCA. MS will change nothing.
  - sakarisson 8y ago
    It wouldn't be a bullshit takedown request. The source code even had a copyright notice before the repo owner "removed the fear factor". https://github.com/galaxyhaxz/devilution/commit/bb01c6f084b8d6525785f7f41a2ceca18c06c86c https://github.com/galaxyhaxz/devilution/commit/bb01c6f084b8... In fact, when you wrote your comment, those notices were still there, so you have no excuse for writing such an ill-informed comment.
    - galaxyhaxz 8y ago
      The copyright notice was fake, I was the one who typed it up originally and removed it so people don't think this actually came from blizzard. It will be interesting to see what happens on Blizzard's end. I won't be surprised if the repo gets DMCA'd. It's not a big deal to me either way, I did this for the learning experience.
- deleted 8y ago
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linuxasheviller 8y ago
That won't stop a cease and desist, though. See also: FreeCraft, bnetd. Though I actually think this will be a good test of how GitHub's new owner reacts when faced with an issue of community versus corporation.
ecliptik 8y ago
In the early aughts, Blizzard took down bnetd due to > alleged copyright infringement, trademark infringement, and violations of their games' End User License Agreement (sometimes referred to as a clickwrap license) and DMCA anti-circumvention prohibitions [1] and that was just open-source server software, not even a game. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bnetd#Blizzard_takedown_demand_and_lawsuit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bnetd#Blizzard_takedown_demand...

bri3d 8y ago

OpenRCT2 has been chugging along happily for quite some time using the same approach (run the binary through IDA Pro). Now, certainly, they don't have a known-draconian copyright owner like Blizzard watching the IP, but I think it falls into the same infringement area.