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Originally Posted by CCIP
I do understand, don't worry. Just that I've known various game companies get pretty antsy when people moved from data modding to .exe hacks. In a lot of cases there had to be a permission involved. I've known sites getting C&D orders for this.
Either way, I'm certainly not telling you to stop the work if you want to do it. But it's Neal's call on whether to issue it here since - it's his site and his butt on the line when it comes to any possible legal trouble. By all means, if he's fine with it, then so be it.
In practice, there is not much difference between some of the more complex data mods that have been done and this, but sometimes the grey areas can get a little too grey.
Anyway, where's that Neal with his final answer?  |
just stepping in here:
There is plenty of prior practice here:
http://www.angelfire.com/games6/timeslip/morrow.html
I would stop short of distributing the .exe by itself, but an auto-patcher is fine.