whyBish,Oct 28 2004, 12:35 AM Wrote:"programmers are not allowed to create free software designed to work with commercial products,"
So, changing MPQs 'by hand' would be legal, but using an MPQ editing program would be illegal?????
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No, distributing Blizzard's (changed or unchanged) MPQs at all has always been illegal under copyright law (never mind this EULA silliness) Changing it in your own home would be OK under copyright but problematic if software is indeed a "license".
BnetD is in a greyer area because it doesn't use existing Blizzard files and was "built from scratch." Memory-hacks (maphack) are somewhat similar, but they require "open-box" reverse engineering I.E. Assembly editing. Once upon a time, reverse engineering by "packet sniffing" used in BnetD seemed legal in principle, not sure how it is anymore.