Aja on 16/10/2004 at 17:58
I don't understand something here - how is it that when we make Fan Missions for thief we're allowed to use the likenesses, but for the Dark Mod, another non-profit project, we have to use generic characters.
Fingernail on 16/10/2004 at 18:02
Erm...go ask a lawyer. Seriously though, in your fan mission, take whatever risks you like, call em Hammers, Garrett, Keepers. Do whatever you want. It's your mission. I'm sure no one will stop you.
However, we can't release that intellectual property as a direct competition to Thief 3, now can we? Don't worry, our likenesses will be close enough for you to be able to call them whatever you like. You can set your fan missions in the City, or in your crazy own world. Do whatever.
The campaign which the Dark Mod team will move on to once the main TCing is done, will very probably be an entirely different universe to the Thief universe. But that's just because we want to take it in new, exciting, more liberating directions.
Thelvyn on 16/10/2004 at 18:03
Because we would be taking their intellectual(or otherwise) property from the Thief 1/2 game and using it in ANOTHER game.
When we make FM's we are still using it with THEIR game.
Aja on 16/10/2004 at 18:05
So we could get sued for using intellectual property in a manner that gives us absolutely no financial gain?
That's kinda like me getting sued for drawing a picture of Garrett and posting it here.
DeepOmega on 16/10/2004 at 18:49
Yep - it takes away from projected sales, basically. All Ion Storm (or Eidos) would have to prove is that they could have made money by making a Thief game for the Doom 3 engine. Thus, we'd be taking away from anticipated sales.
Renzatic on 16/10/2004 at 22:54
Not only that, but if a company doesn't protect it's copywrites they could potentially lose it and have it become public domain, if they let a few infringements slip by and go after another later they won't have as much legal grounding to stand on. If it keeps happening then eventually they won't be able to do anything at all and the property goes up for grabs. That's one of the many reasons why most of the big publishers go after even the smallest mods based on their intellectual property.
Oh, and according to Nexenizer and Fingernail, the SDK is more than we could've ever hoped for. They seem to be more than pleased with what it's capable of.
Aja on 16/10/2004 at 23:01
Well maybe I'll just make MY FM under an anonymous username. You guys wouldn't rat me out, wouldja? ;)
Thelvyn on 17/10/2004 at 01:39
Bah Fingernail posted while I was editing :P
Fingernail on 17/10/2004 at 08:32
There would be no ratting.
