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I think as long as they don't include DIABDAT.MPQ or any of the content / texture files from the original game it should be ok.

degenerate 8y ago
It is. And it's mentioned at the bottom of the github page, too: "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
  This seems legally questionable given that all of the source files have a copyright notice from Blizzard indicating distribution without written permission is prohibited.
  - oh_sigh 8y ago
    No one is distributing them. If you have the content files, you can point the open source engine to read them.
    - davidcbc 8y ago
      The guy on Github is distributing the source files which have a Blizzard copyright notice on them saying not to distribute them.
      - joecarpenter 8y ago
        Which is really weird. Because the code is reverse-engineered and I'm 99% sure the author used Hex-Rays Decompiler (due to variable names, etc).
      - bananaboy 8y ago
        Looks like he pushed a change to remove the copyright notice: https://github.com/galaxyhaxz/devilution/commit/bb01c6f084b8d6525785f7f41a2ceca18c06c86c https://github.com/galaxyhaxz/devilution/commit/bb01c6f084b8...
    - darkstar999 8y ago
      What do you mean? https://github.com/galaxyhaxz/devilution/blob/master/Source/automap.cpp#L6 https://github.com/galaxyhaxz/devilution/blob/master/Source/... This seems like distribution to me.
      - oh_sigh 8y ago
        Oh, sorry, I thought the comment I was responding to was nested under the 'freeablo.net' discussion, and not the main thread. You're right that this person is distributing stuff they shouldn't be. I'm guessing it will be removed from github shortly.
poizan42 8y ago
There is no way this is not a derivative work of the engine of Diablo, assets or not it is blatant copyright infringement. That said I don't think Blizzard is going to make any attempts at enforcing it considering similar projects for other old Blizzard games.

degenerate 8y ago

It is. And it's mentioned at the bottom of the github page, too: "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
This seems legally questionable given that all of the source files have a copyright notice from Blizzard indicating distribution without written permission is prohibited.
- oh_sigh 8y ago
  No one is distributing them. If you have the content files, you can point the open source engine to read them.
  - davidcbc 8y ago
    The guy on Github is distributing the source files which have a Blizzard copyright notice on them saying not to distribute them.
    - joecarpenter 8y ago
      Which is really weird. Because the code is reverse-engineered and I'm 99% sure the author used Hex-Rays Decompiler (due to variable names, etc).
    - bananaboy 8y ago
      Looks like he pushed a change to remove the copyright notice: https://github.com/galaxyhaxz/devilution/commit/bb01c6f084b8d6525785f7f41a2ceca18c06c86c https://github.com/galaxyhaxz/devilution/commit/bb01c6f084b8...
  - darkstar999 8y ago
    What do you mean? https://github.com/galaxyhaxz/devilution/blob/master/Source/automap.cpp#L6 https://github.com/galaxyhaxz/devilution/blob/master/Source/... This seems like distribution to me.
    - oh_sigh 8y ago
      Oh, sorry, I thought the comment I was responding to was nested under the 'freeablo.net' discussion, and not the main thread. You're right that this person is distributing stuff they shouldn't be. I'm guessing it will be removed from github shortly.

poizan42 8y ago

There is no way this is not a derivative work of the engine of Diablo, assets or not it is blatant copyright infringement. That said I don't think Blizzard is going to make any attempts at enforcing it considering similar projects for other old Blizzard games.