Well both GregT and RichyG both have put malware into their code in the past to stop players from using their mods.
Posts by wargames
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I think you need to look into why that happened in the first place, Sengir got really pissed over an extended period of time. This doesn't corrupt worlds or anything, it's just a minor annoyance for not adhering to the simple policy of giving credit.
It turned bees into exploding bees and destoryed people worlds, you know only a minor annoyance. -
Yes I am worried about modders putting in exploding bees or something similar.
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Sorry I am just worried about having a Sirsingir playing around.
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It will be removed from the list (probably with next update).
So you are removing the DRM code from IC2 completly then, if so this is good news.
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Right, because there is so much electricity in vanilla Minecraft? Why the hell would any mod developer waste their time going to court over a stupid thing like copyright protection, when it is generally assumed that nobody will steal/modify and make money off their work? Just because something is technically legal does not make it right.So prove to me that we are making money off of this modification because according to our bank account we are losing 25 bucks a month in server costs and don't have adfly or anything, or prove that we have done anything wrong in getting rid of DRM in mod.
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Rewriting a closed source, copyrighted (and yes, the IC2 team DOES have a copyright on their creative works under US law) code to remove something you don't like really does not put you on the right side of the law.
Just sayin.
Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc. v. Nintendo of America, Inc. 964 F.2d 965 (9th Cir. 1992).
When Nintendo pursued Game Genie for allowing players to customize
Nintendo games by editing code, the appellate court held that “a party
who distributes a copyrighted work cannot dictate how that work is to be
enjoyed. Consumers may use … a Game Genie to enhance a Nintendo Game
cartridge’s audiovisual display in such a way as to make the experience
more enjoyable.”We are protected via fair use in American Law.
Also IC2 doesn't hold copyright according to Durham Industries, Inc. v. Tomy Corp 630 F.2d 905 (2d Cir, 1980).
Mod authors potentially hold no copyright to begin with, because game
mods are "derivative works". To receive copyright protection, they
would need to show sufficient originality to warrant their own copyright
protection separate from Mojang's ownership of Minecraft. To do so,
mod developers would have to prove in a legal case that their mods
deserve copyright protection. Derivative works are not automatically
copyright protected. Texture assets and some code are potentially
covered; but as a mod is primarily a modification of a product they do
not wholly own, copyright does not automatically extend.Just sayin
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Problem has been fixed, someone in our group has rewritten IC2 to not have this DRM code.
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The reason why no one has really heard about us is because it wasn't really ment for any outside our little forums. Also do we know if RichardG put in the code he was talking about here? I honestly don't trust IC2 right now and what code it has in it.
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I think its just the box at the top but I am not sure also this is the first time we have had any dealings with any modder outside of our personal forum.
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So I am playing a semi-private modpack that follows all of the requirements on the modpacks/redistribution and I am getting this http://i.imgur.com/tt7zJLS.png the code in IC2 seems to be pointing at this page URL removed I was wondering why IC2 has this code that does nothing but single us out? Here is our webpage that links back to the IC2 site and donation page. http://pluspluspack.com/mod-list/
