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Legal Issues with changing the Amnesia Launcher? - ehovda321 - 01-24-2013 Hey I have a question, is it legal to change the picture in the Launcher of "Amnesia: The Dark Descent"? I was wanting to know if I could change that, but while de-coding the .exe, I noticed there were some legal statements inside the script. RE: Legal Issues with changing the Amnesia Launcher? - Statyk - 01-24-2013 Yes, to my knowledge, messing with the executable is illegal. RE: Legal Issues with changing the Amnesia Launcher? - darkely - 01-24-2013 (01-24-2013, 04:50 AM)Statyk Wrote: Yes, to my knowledge, messing with the executable is illegal. If he is only using it for personal use and not distributing it is it still illegal? RE: Legal Issues with changing the Amnesia Launcher? - PutraenusAlivius - 01-24-2013 (01-24-2013, 05:16 AM)darkely Wrote:(01-24-2013, 04:50 AM)Statyk Wrote: Yes, to my knowledge, messing with the executable is illegal. Ask Frictional Games for that. (however, some developers do allow their stuff is used/changed on something, as long it's non-commercial.) RE: Legal Issues with changing the Amnesia Launcher? - Your Computer - 01-24-2013 If he doesn't distribute it, it should be fine. Of course, only he holds responsibility for any file corruption on his part. RE: Legal Issues with changing the Amnesia Launcher? - plutomaniac - 01-24-2013 This is Jens talking: Jens Wrote:When it comes to using Amnesia we are quite open, it is please go ahead and do so, but don't take credit and don't sell. |