Valve is getting free bug testing from the cheat coders. Plus if they were to cry DMCA, that would be worse after all the bad press Blizzard is getting.
On Wed, 2002-06-05 at 14:52, David Cousins wrote: > Of course, one good successfull legal case against a cheater or cheat-maker > would leave a very interesting situation afterwards. > > -Cruiser > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jonathan Hodges" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 7:17 PM > Subject: [hlds_linux] Cheaters having legality issues? > > > > >Anyway, I don't think cheaters really care > > >if they breach the EULA or not. > > >Quite likely they didn't pay for the game to > > >begin with, so breaking one > > >rule more or less won't bother them. > > > > This brings me back to my point in the first place, which was why would > > some cheater care about following the GPL guidelines when releasing new > > versions of cheats when they don't care about legal issues anyway? > > > > >Actually what OGC is doing is 100% > > >circumventing detection. > > > > Definitely. > > > > And about any legal action against cheaters, I do not know of any gaming > > company taking action against them, nor do I think any will in the > > future. Not only are there way too many of them, but with so many > > international users in the internet multiplayer community, it is > > virtually impossible to track them all down and attempt to do anything > > about them in their home country. The gaming compaines and the admin > > community will have to continue to develop ways to block these cheats > > and patch any vulnerabilities, just as is happening now. And plus, even > > though updating the code is no easy task, it is still much faster than > > any judiciary system in the world. > > > > It'ls been good to have some discussion on the issue. Keep up the good > > work Valve, admins, and organizations that promote fair gaming. > > > > Jonathan Hodges > > Northwestern University > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > -- Cheers, Matt _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
