Thanks. I'm glad to have some clarification on those, especially
the bgt questions. It's nice to know I don't have to drag my
laptop with me in order to program properly.
----- Original Message -----
From: Thomas Ward <[email protected]
To: Gamers Discussion list <[email protected]
Date sent: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 19:52:36 -0400
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] several game design questions
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.
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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!
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