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> They even tried to sue Valve over DOTA 2 Didn't DOTA start as Starcraft mod or something? I don't know what the legal status of mod/spinoffs is. Could I sell
by ForHackernews 7y ago
> They even tried to sue Valve over DOTA 2
Didn't DOTA start as Starcraft mod or something? I don't know what the legal status of mod/spinoffs is. Could I sell my own Mario fanhack game?
- dharmab 7y agoDOTA started as a Warcraft mod, which used Warcraft characters. The suit resulted in some characters being changed to be less similar to the original Warcraft heroes (e.g. Leoric -> Skeleton King -> Wraith King).
- Ntrails 7y agoI don't think it's unreasonable to say that "you cannot use our game world / universe" in your game? Valve and Blizzard came to a pretty reasonable arrangement. AFAIK Skeleking -> Wraith king was a purely -China- ceremonial thing
- xyzzyz 7y agoAFAIK Skeleking -> Wraith king was a purely -China- ceremonial thing Yes, the "pressing ceremonial reasons".
- uwuhn 7y ago>I don't know what the legal status of mod/spinoffs is. No one did. Blizzard's failed lawsuit established precedent. Now we know. >Could I sell my own Mario fanhack game? If you are using any assets from the original without permisison, or any copyrighted names/characters, no.