It sounds as if you're referring to the way shareware used to be distributed. The license agreement for shareware in those days _specifically_ allowed such distribution. I don't believe that is in the license agreement for said patches, so you likely do not have the right to redistribute them (isn't playing armchair lawyer fun? ;)).
> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > > its not illegal to sell stuff on cd such as game demos and patches is it? They are paying for your time to get hold of the demo/patch and then put it on cd, not the actual demo/patch. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ken Birdwell > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 10:33 PM > Subject: RE: [hlcoders] what a bloody n00b > > > Yes, selling* copyrighted material w/o permission is illegal. Sierra goes through and has ebay remove these items when they find them, but it looks like they missed a few. Thanks. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Long [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 2:26 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [hlcoders] what a bloody n00b > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1314287113 > .... > > Now is it just me or is selling valve owned programs and update patches not only wrong but illegal? i'd really like to see this dork punished. So feel free to spam him with emails detailing how big a dork he is...... and for doing the biggest injustice of it all trying to extend the already huge cheating problem in online games. > > --------------------------------------- Eight percent of life is showing up. -- Woody Allen _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
