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Note: To use this repository, you must already own a copy of the game.
by boredemployee 1y ago
Note: To use this repository, you must already own a copy of the game.
- floam 1y agoI used it just fine without one, I think you’re wrong.
- TheDong 1y agoI believe you are making a technical statement and the parent poster is making a legal one. You're both right I guess
- nakamoto_damacy 1y agoThe parent poster is not making a legal statement. They copied/pasted the first line of the Readme. I made the clarification that the note is a legal disclaimer, not s technical requirement, so people, including the parent poster, are not confused.
- soupfordummies 1y agowell, you better delete it within 24 hours then!
- nakamoto_damacy 1y agothis is a legal disclaimer lol, not an actual requirement
- perching_aix 1y agoHow so? Functionally, the README describes that providing a game copy is necessary for creating a build. This would make sense, since unless the sound, image, text, etc. assets are all baked into the code, those would have to come separately. Legally, it further doesn't make much sense. This is cleaned up (?) and painstakingly bytematched decompiler output (again based on the README), so it's unfortunately just plain illegal [0], disclaimers nonwithstanding. [0] as always, legality depends on jurisdiction - so as always, if in doubt, consult an actual lawyer
- nakamoto_damacy 1y agoDon't you need to have purchased the game before you have the right to enjoy it? How else do you prove that you have paid for the license to run the game if you don't have a copy. That was my initial interpretation.
- djxfade 1y agoWhat if I just simply promise to not enjoy it?
- nakamoto_damacy 1y agogood one =)
- jonhohle 1y agoByte matched decompilation is not illegal in the US assuming it’s done correctly. Compilers produce the same output (bytes) for effectively infinite input (bytes). Figuring out a novel input without having access to the original is a new, protected, creative work with its own copyright.
- AshamedCaptain 1y agoIt is illegal to redistribute this by any definition on the word and frankly I do not understand how you even think it could possibly be legal as it defies the very purpose of copyright. Like, you can create copies of a painting as long as you only look at a photo of it, not the real painting? Please.
- jonhohle 1y agoFortunately, you are very wrong. There is a significant amount of legal precedent that protects decompilation and reverse engineering and it is explicitly protected by copyright laws as fair use. The result is transformative, creative, and completely distinct from any source code the game may have been original compiled with. People decompiling are not publishing binary blobs. They’re painstakingly writing C code that has never existed before. They own the copyright to that new, original, creative work. If you own a copy of the game you can use that source code to rebuild a bit-perfect version of the game. Again, fair use. If you don’t own a copy of the game, you can produce binaries that are not bit perfect and are distinct from the original. The painting analogy doesn’t quite work. To force it, though, decompiling is like writing instructions to reproduce a painting perfectly, but leaving out the tools and pigments. If you own the painting, the instructions will tell you how to figure out the tools and pigments, and you can recreate your personal copy, which was already your fair use right as an owner. If you don’t own the painting, you can use the instructions to create something new and unique. The instructions are not a copy of the painting, it’s a list of steps that is a distinct, creative, transformative work.
- n4bz0r 1y agoAnd people who play Chinese retro handhelds must dump their own ROMs. Unless they bought a 10000 in 1 version for $10 extra, in which case it's all perfectly legal! Sure, you must, I guess, but is anyone really going to jail over this piece of ancient history? I find these disclaimers cute.
- TheBigSalad 1y agoWe do. Don't worry about it.