Legal Issues with changing the Amnesia Launcher?

**ehovda321** · 01-24-2013, 12:20 AM

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. Huh

**Statyk** · 01-24-2013, 04:50 AM

Yes, to my knowledge, messing with the executable is illegal.

**darkely** · 01-24-2013, 05:16 AM

(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?

**PutraenusAlivius** · 01-24-2013, 05:58 AM

(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.

If he is only using it for personal use and not distributing it is it still illegal?

Ask Frictional Games for that. (however, some developers do allow their stuff is used/changed on something, as long it's non-commercial.)

**Your Computer** · 01-24-2013, 08:35 AM

If he doesn't distribute it, it should be fine. Of course, only he holds responsibility for any file corruption on his part.

**plutomaniac** · 01-24-2013, 12:20 PM

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.