10 Jan 11, 08:39PM
Settle down everyone.
The big problem here is, that with comercial games, "modding" can also mean just screwing around with the provided material, remixing stuff, editing stuff, etc... wich is a cool thing.
Though you might be editing copyrighted stuff, usually the copyright holders will not care as long as you don't make a buck off it. They know that "modding" efficiently prolongs the time their game sells, so they won't intervene.
With free, open source stuff, the picture changes. That's why akimbo has such strict rules concerning copyright violation. If you make a free game, you have to keep a close eye on providing everything yourself (or using sources that explicitly welcome you to use them), to avoid any possible problems that might occur with interlectual property. That's why any copyright violation in the vincinity of a free game is sort of a problem, and everyone is quite sensitive about the subject.
I'm in no way saying that the OP had any bad intentions - probably he just had fun modding around - it's just that it's percieved very diffrently concerning the situation (commercial game mods vs. free/os/indy game modding).
So, just relax, you two. The skins are cool, they are just problematic in this sort of scope. That's all. It's quite obvious that this work is a copy/paste sort of thing. If akimbo doesn't want it, it's fine. The OP could just host it somewhere else any it wouldn't be a problem to me to have the link up here or something.
The big problem here is, that with comercial games, "modding" can also mean just screwing around with the provided material, remixing stuff, editing stuff, etc... wich is a cool thing.
Though you might be editing copyrighted stuff, usually the copyright holders will not care as long as you don't make a buck off it. They know that "modding" efficiently prolongs the time their game sells, so they won't intervene.
With free, open source stuff, the picture changes. That's why akimbo has such strict rules concerning copyright violation. If you make a free game, you have to keep a close eye on providing everything yourself (or using sources that explicitly welcome you to use them), to avoid any possible problems that might occur with interlectual property. That's why any copyright violation in the vincinity of a free game is sort of a problem, and everyone is quite sensitive about the subject.
I'm in no way saying that the OP had any bad intentions - probably he just had fun modding around - it's just that it's percieved very diffrently concerning the situation (commercial game mods vs. free/os/indy game modding).
So, just relax, you two. The skins are cool, they are just problematic in this sort of scope. That's all. It's quite obvious that this work is a copy/paste sort of thing. If akimbo doesn't want it, it's fine. The OP could just host it somewhere else any it wouldn't be a problem to me to have the link up here or something.