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In what sense are they breaking the copyright? Saying that the project needs some commercial files? They haven't copied the code but re-implemented (in another

• bootloop 6y ago
  The code is not the problem, nobody says that. But everything which was created as part of the Diablo universe can potentially be subject to copyright law. For example here they take the original text from the game for the labels: https://github.com/OpenDiablo2/OpenDiablo2/blob/37ae98d81b793395081a366ac2d99256458beb51/d2game/d2gamescreen/select_hero_class.go#L568 https://github.com/OpenDiablo2/OpenDiablo2/blob/37ae98d81b79... For sure most of the game specific data can be extracted from the game files but it's unlikely that there are no artifacts in the game code itself.
  • happy_path 6y ago
    Fair enough, however I think that could fall on the "fair use" side of the thins (not a lawyer, nor American, but still).