You can try to justify it all you want, it's still wrong and disrespectful to distribute someone's work without their permission and I don't think we should allow it.
I am not saying this beta should never see the light of day, but it still shouldn't be released like this.
Numerous works would never see the light of day if we were to always follow such strict rules - what about every single work of any creator ever that was released post-mortem? You can't exactly ask the dead for permission and sometimes the family just didn't care or could not be contacted.You can try to justify it all you want, it's still wrong and disrespectful to destructible someone's work without their permission and I don't think we should allow it.
I am not saying this beta should never see the light of day, but it still shouldn't be released like this.
Thank you, damn spell check always misleading me.You can try to justify it all you want, it's still wrong and disrespectful to distribute someone's work without their permission and I don't think we should allow it.
I am not saying this beta should never see the light of day, but it still shouldn't be released like this.
Corrected that for you.
You surely can not justify that in such a manor?Numerous works would never see the light of day if we were to always follow such strict rules - what about every single work of any creator ever that was released post-mortem? You can't exactly ask the dead for permission and sometimes the family just didn't care or could not be contacted.You can try to justify it all you want, it's still wrong and disrespectful to destructible someone's work without their permission and I don't think we should allow it.
I am not saying this beta should never see the light of day, but it still shouldn't be released like this.
A deadline needs to be set - if the creators do not respond, screw it, people would literally kill for this patch. Better yet, try and improve it - perhaps if contact is established, some light may be shed on the tools and techniques used, you never know.
I sure can simply because it makes sense. If the author of a useful application cannot be reached by any means, the application should be distributed while reserving the right of pulling the plug on further distribution if the creator surfaces and wishes so. It's really simple and rather victimless.You surely can not justify that in such a manner?
Why not?? The Geist Force project on Assembler has been going for over a year now and people donated to get there copies of the game professionally printed. The original creators didn't have a say in anything , but it went to a great cause. They are going to build a memorial for Gunpei Yokoi for the donations they got to release this game. We obviously can't do that with this considering it was already out before I posted the topic, but still, there's nothing wrong. Foxi is right, you're wrong.You surely can not justify that in such a manor?Numerous works would never see the light of day if we were to always follow such strict rules - what about every single work of any creator ever that was released post-mortem? You can't exactly ask the dead for permission and sometimes the family just didn't care or could not be contacted.You can try to justify it all you want, it's still wrong and disrespectful to destructible someone's work without their permission and I don't think we should allow it.
I am not saying this beta should never see the light of day, but it still shouldn't be released like this.
A deadline needs to be set - if the creators do not respond, screw it, people would literally kill for this patch. Better yet, try and improve it - perhaps if contact is established, some light may be shed on the tools and techniques used, you never know.
You surely can not justify that in such a manor?
And what if they didn't want it released? We should respect their project and really wait for them to give the ok for releasing it instead of just assuming they aren't around or won't care.I sure can simply because it makes sense. If the author of a useful application cannot be reached by any means, the application should be distributed while reserving the right of pulling the plug on further distribution if the creator surfaces and wishes so. It's really simple and rather victimless.You surely can not justify that in such a manner?
If they answered and didn't want it released - bam, it's not released. If they didn't answer, the patch got released and then they answered - bam, the patch goes offline. It's not rocket science.And what if they didn't want it released? We should respect their project and really wait for them to give the ok for releasing it instead of just assuming they aren't around or won't care.I sure can simply because it makes sense. If the author of a useful application cannot be reached by any means, the application should be distributed while reserving the right of pulling the plug on further distribution if the creator surfaces and wishes so. It's really simple and rather victimless.You surely can not justify that in such a manner?
Now, yes, we probably shouldn't. After a week from notifying the creators - we could. I thought I expressed my opinion thoroughly, you even Like'd it.It still doesn't change the fact that we shouldn't be distributing the file now.
It still doesn't change the fact that we shouldn't be distributing the file now.If they answered and didn't want it released - bam, it's not released. If they didn't answer, the patch got released and then they answered - bam, the patch goes offline. It's not rocket science.And what if they didn't want it released? We should respect their project and really wait for them to give the ok for releasing it instead of just assuming they aren't around or won't care.I sure can simply because it makes sense. If the author of a useful application cannot be reached by any means, the application should be distributed while reserving the right of pulling the plug on further distribution if the creator surfaces and wishes so. It's really simple and rather victimless.You surely can not justify that in such a manner?
How long would you wait? I'm willing to bet that they're notified about blog posts via e-mail, better yet, e-mail them directly. If they won't check the post within a week's time, it's their fault. Besides, they still have their rights for the patch reserved and they can take it off if they feel like it, what's more to ask for?But you did not mention that a week is a good amount of time to wait. Honestly if they weren't every active to begin with, a week isn't a good amount of time to wait for them.
But you did not mention that a week is a good amount of time to wait. Honestly if they weren't very active to begin with, a week isn't a good amount of time to wait for them.Now, yes, we probably shouldn't. After a week from notifying the creators - we could. I thought I expressed my opinion thoroughly, you even Like'd it.It still doesn't change the fact that we shouldn't be distributing the file now.
Check the Edit.I have waited over a month to hear back from several indie game developers to upload their files because they requested to be emailed before mirroring their work.
Respect is one of the most important things to me and distributing someone's work like this is not showing them nor their work respect.