Hi John, Below are your questions followed by my answers to them.
Quote Firstly, I'm wondering if there are any license issues if I use soundds from a source such as youtube in games; I would presume that it's a bit of a gray area, but I have very limited knowledge of such things, so I figured I'd ask here. End quote Well, that is a bit of a tricky question. Generally, it all depends on how the sound is licensed. If you are grabbing it from a public source like Youtube then you aren't likely to know if the sound is free to use or not. So in answer to your question you will need to check and see how said sound is licensed before using it to be on the legal safe side. Quote Secondly, if I get sounds from a free source, is it legal for me to edit them before use in my projects? End quote Generally speaking, yes. Of course, once again check the sounds license agreement. It will tell you if the sound can be modified by third-parties or not. Quote Next, while I have bgt installed on my personal computer, I'm wondering if it's legal for me to take the program (unregistered version) with me on a flash drive, as I do with the jdk compiler for java. End quote Yes, absolutely. The free version of BGT can be taken anywhere and run anywhere you like. Quote Finally, if several people are working on a project, and only one of them has a registration for bgt, is it legal for that person to compile the game for the whole group and to distribute the game under the name of the group? End quote Depends on if the game is commercial or freeware. If its a commercial game then I'd ask Phillip Bennefall about that. If it is freeware you can have anyone compile it with a licensed version of BGT and redistribute the free game for your group. Cheers! --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
