Work actually - I work at OSU and currently am doing two different "serious games" mods using HL2. There's a lot of interest in using games and game ideas for non-entertainment projects.
Quoting Kamran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Are you doing this for a school project? I see it's hosted at Oregon > State. Just wondering, sounds cool. > > Tim Holt wrote: > > >Definitely murky. Definitely something Valve can answer too I think. Can > you > >imagine the expense and process to hire a lawyer and have them contact > Valve's > >legal people and try and work it out? Ugh :^) > > > >There are two things in CZ I want to use - ok 4. The BlackHawk helecopter, > a > >generic truck model, a generic Humvee, and some of the music as a background > >track for a demo movie. I've already taken the model content and ported it > to > >Source with reskinning, etc. > > > >It comes down now to whether it's OK to how much I can distribute it beyond > to > >people I know that have a full HL2/CZ license. Also whether it's > permissable > >for me to release movies and still images (screenshots) where the (reskinned > >and ported) models are shown, but actual access to the full mod content is > not > >available to the public. > > > >Here's a pic btw of how it's being used... > > > >http://oregonstate.edu/~holtt/tamucc/background020003.jpg > > > >Quoting "Jeffrey \"botman\" Broome" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > >>Tim Holt wrote: > >> > >> > >>>So exactly what is the legality/status/etc. for using CZero content in a > >>> > >>> > >>HL/HL2 > >> > >> > >>>mod? Legit? There's a lot of music in there that's actually got some > >>>interesting potential uses, plus models. > >>> > >>> > >>See this thread... > >> > >>http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg06959.html > >> > >>I think using CZ content in other mods is a little bit legally murky > >>because CZ was worked on by so many other companies (besides Valve) so > >>it's not always obvious who the copyright owner is for any one specific > >>asset. > >> > >>-- > >>Jeffrey "botman" Broome > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please > >>visit: > >>http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > >http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Kamran A > Get Firefox! Safer, Faster, Better. > <http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&id=0&t=85> > Down with Internet Explorer! Say "NO!" to Spyware! Use Firefox > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
