05-11-2004, 01:49 AM
LemmingofGlory,May 10 2004, 01:22 AM Wrote:What's the difference between a dead horse and a live horse?Gotcha! Then go ahead and lock this thread please.
Dead ones you beat. Live ones you look in the mouth. Well, no more beating dead horses for you! You need to go to the Mouth of the Great Horse Spirit.
Report the KQ1 remake to Sierra and see what they say. Be sure to ask them about KQ1 "abandonware" and whether Hellfire can be freely distributed. Return from your quest with the answers you seek or forever dishonor the name of the house of MEAT.
-So speaks Oz. Pay no attention to the Lemmy behind the curtain.
I just wasn't sure if there was a legal reason behind what was happening to these old games and was actually very confused, but I'm sure it's not legal so I'll just leave it at that.
Of final note however, what would be the point in making a game like KQ9 or a clone of a game under the loose copyright law of "Fair Use" if the franchise company told you to discontinue it after you had already spent years developing it? Seems rather risky to me and completly fruitless if they told you to stop, not to mention, couldn't they just take what you made and publish it themselves under their name for the credits?
"The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self." -Albert Einsetin