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On Sep 21, 2011, at 6:08 PM, Eugenio Roman wrote: > To Gabe and Chet. Does anyone know the legal department of Valve? Or should > I refrain from sending them too much of the same? > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 8:01 PM, Brent Veal <[email protected]>wrote: > >> He said he did contact them directly but hasnt heard a response yet. >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 5:59 PM, Kevin Mahoney <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Why not just contact them directly? >>> >>> On Sep 21, 2011, at 5:35 PM, Eugenio Roman wrote: >>> >>>> I guess now it is just a matter of figuring out the legality of this... >> I >>>> hope Valve has a word on this. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Kevin Mahoney <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> They look fine to me too. Apt place to see one. >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>> On Sep 21, 2011, at 3:26 PM, Adam Sierra <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Honestly, there'd be absolutely nothing wrong with ads right there in >>> my >>>>>> opinion, if you just made it so they looked run down, and torn, >> instead >>>>> of >>>>>> squeeky clean. >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> L4Dmapper mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/l4dmapper >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> L4Dmapper mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/l4dmapper >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Eugenio "Motanum" Roman >>>> >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://twitter.com/#!/MotanumR >>>> http://steamcommunity.com/id/Motanum >>>> http://www.youtube.com/user/motanium >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> L4Dmapper mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/l4dmapper >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> L4Dmapper mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/l4dmapper >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> L4Dmapper mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/l4dmapper >> > > > > -- > Eugenio "Motanum" Roman > > [email protected] > http://twitter.com/#!/MotanumR > http://steamcommunity.com/id/Motanum > http://www.youtube.com/user/motanium > _______________________________________________ > L4Dmapper mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/l4dmapper _______________________________________________ L4Dmapper mailing list [email protected] http://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/l4dmapper
