![]() I'm not sure if the uploader are even claiming they are themselves "Wildfire Games", or simply saying "This was made by wildfire games" with their attribution. Again those would be #1 and #2 problems, not #3 as we are analyzing using strict perspective.įrom everything that I'm reading the names Wildfire Games and 0 AD don't have a formal copyright either, so legally it's not like they can fall back on that protection. I'm not sure if there is a prohibition clause that prevents people from "re-distributing", or even asking money for the re-distribution. In TL DR the GPL pretty much says "If you change a GPL thing, you MUST publish your code changes to SAID thing under the same license." On #3 - the Legal Angle - strictly speaking there is nothing wrong with charging money for GPL software. Looking on the official game forum there's a topic asking about it, the developers seems to be at a loss as to what is happening. I imagine it doesn't have anything nefarious inside it, otherwise you really would have to wonder what Valve are doing… It might contain viruses and other malware. IMPORTANT: The person who released the game on steam today is charging 8€ for it. It also explains the typo in the name…Īnother tweet sent today by the 0 A.D. Turns out the only reason added the game back is because somebody uploaded 0 A.D. I was notified of this on Twitter, with the official 0 A.D. Confusing right? Valve allowed it and approved it, so it does make me curious what legal checks are even done for this to happen. that has released on Steam (with it missing the second dot in the name), is not actually from the people who make the game - even though Wildfire Games are listed as the developer on Steam it's not them. This is sometimes the perils of open source, as there's a lot of people out their looking to make a quick-buck and they don't care who they burn in the process. (pronounced “zero-ey-dee”) have announced that someone (they don't know who) has put it up on Steam. The developers behind the free and open source RTS named 0 A.D.
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