Quote from: Ettans on July 23, 2010, 01:05:34 AM
We don't know that, we only know the license used for the open-sourced 0.1c, but not about any newer versions.

we do indeed know that it is not protected by copyright laws.


like i have already mentioned, for legal purposes it must be avilable to the public.

http://www.copyright.gov/records/

i had a moment to glance at this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License

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"The text of the GPL is itself copyrighted, and the copyright is held by the Free Software Foundation. However, the FSF does not hold the copyright for a work released under the GPL"

Quote from: Wikipedia

"Only the individual copyright holders have the authority to sue when a license violation takes place."

to put it simply, VC:MP is not protected by any copyright laws and no action can be taken.

Quote from: Ettans on July 22, 2010, 11:11:44 AM

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As of January 1, 1978, under U.S. copyright law, a work is automatically protected by copyright when it is created.

What makes you think that VC:MP is not copyright protected? Even the open-sourced 0.1c is copyrighted by GPL (General Public License).

i'll do some research into the General Public License soon, but from some brief reading about it, its not covered by the same laws as copyright, it holds copyleft rights.

it first has to be copyright protected for the agreement to be breached.

due to the fact vcmp itself is not copyright protected i cannot see why anyone would pay and indeed keep up the renewal of an agreement for a vcmp script.


if a copyright licence was not obtained prior to a live launch, it would almost be impossible to establish who the original creator was in a court of law if both sides claim ownership, and most likely be thrown out immediately. a substantial cost will still be incurred for the person making the complaint.


to ensure a piece of work has/not been copyrighted there are online registers with full details of the licence the owner has purchased.

it seems to me that your rather emotional and dont want people contributing to vcmp, could the contribution of its downfall be partly down to emotional posts like the one above....

a way to alleviate your emotion would be to get laid, but as your spending time posting waffle i doubt that will happen for you.

never mind, it might happen one day for you.


in the mean time, while you have no life and no woman to occupy your time, do try to stop posting waffle <enter your real name here>