Lugaru (Indie game) stolen and resold on the Mac App Store - Polidicks

This game is terrible

[QUOTE=ironman17;27834223]This is vile and wrong. Whoever did this thing should have their hand cut off, preferably the hand used to illegally upload the game at the click of the mouse. ...what? It's what they used to do back in Arabia to thieves, after all.[/QUOTE] Well, if they did it in [b]Arabia, hundreds[/b] of years ago, it must be a good idea right? Sharia law!

It's the kind of person who lives to find loopholes and profit from them while contributing absolutely nothing to anything in the world.

What would you guys be saying if the person who took the source code and assets released Lugaru for free?

[QUOTE=Valnar;27843252]What would you guys be saying if the person who took the source code and assets released Lugaru for free?[/QUOTE] Same shit because it's an Indie game.

[QUOTE=Valnar;27843252]What would you guys be saying if the person who took the source code and assets released Lugaru for free?[/QUOTE] Uh it basically IS free with the humble indie bundle. I got a gift code from someone who bought it and you can pay your own price, which can be extremely low.

[QUOTE=mars7a;27843286]Uh it basically IS free with the humble indie bundle. I got a gift code from someone who bought it and you can pay your own price, which can be extremely low.[/QUOTE] Didn't a quarter of people pirate it?

[QUOTE=Explosions;27843263]Same shit because it's an Indie game.[/QUOTE] Ok, so is it safe to assume you would feel the same way for any game that would have had its code and assets uploaded for free? [QUOTE=mars7a;27843286]Uh it basically IS free with the humble indie bundle. I got a gift code from someone who bought it and you can pay your own price, which can be extremely low.[/QUOTE] Well you can't get the humble indie bundle anymore.

[QUOTE=ironman17;27834223]This is vile and wrong. Whoever did this thing should have their hand cut off, preferably the hand used to illegally upload the game at the click of the mouse. ...what? It's what they used to do back in Arabia to thieves, after all.[/QUOTE] What's vile and wrong is the fact that you think that when somebody takes a game and resells it, they deserve to have their hands cut off.

[QUOTE=Valnar;27843252]What would you guys be saying if the person who took the source code and assets released Lugaru for free?[/QUOTE]I personally wouldn't care much because he wouldn't profit from it. Instead I would blame apple for not taking down warez.

This is one time where sueing the ass off someone not only is guaranteed to work in your favor, but should be used Not that Wolfire is the type of company that would ever want to get involved in a lawsuit, but if I was them I'd definatly sue. It clearly states in their liscense that the actual content of the game is not open source and allowed to be redistributed, and clearly states that the open source can only be redistributed for non-commercial purposes: [url]http://code.google.com/p/lugaru/source/browse/CONTENT-LICENSE.txt[/url]

[QUOTE=TheDecryptor;27832081]Because the group released the source under the GPL, anybody has the right to re-compile the code and release it (for free or for cost) But, that doesn't mean they can use the same name. But the law there is a bit grey (In the US, anything you create is copyrighted to you automatically, but you still need to register it if you want to take it to court or fully protect it)[/QUOTE] The assets are copyrighted. They re-released the assets, they're fucked.

As far as from what I can tell, the 0.99 version is the scam one, the 9.99 one is legit from Wolfire

Lol the guy just boosted the price by a dollar

[QUOTE=SteeleCratos;27845046]As far as from what I can tell, the 0.99 version is the scam one, the 9.99 one is legit from Wolfire[/QUOTE] Congratulations you're smarter than Apple.

[QUOTE=Explosions;27843263]Same shit because it's an Indie game.[/QUOTE] No, because in this particular situation, someone else is making money off of this guys work. If it was free in the app store, then we'd be mad at apple for not taking off the blatant warez. [editline]3rd February 2011[/editline] Shame all you want to do is throw shit at "pirates" than think rationally.

sue apple and the guy who put up the ip make billions

The quality of the Appstore supportline. I bet if they even do something about it, it'll be like "Oh derp just gonna remove it" without refunding the many sales or anything.

Fuck, this guy needs to get sued.

[QUOTE=ProWaffle;27849475]Fuck, this guy needs to get sued.[/QUOTE] He should get hanged for the crimes he has done. Unforgivable

[QUOTE=sharzu;27849810]He should get hanged for the crimes he has done. Unforgivable[/QUOTE] Someone did something wrong so we should kill them.

[QUOTE=Explosions;27833000]ha[/QUOTE] Well there is a bit of truth in it. By not releasing demos game studios are hurting their sales, since nowadays they all expect you to pay for your game before you even get it (preorders) or get a chance to try it. And then try to stop you from selling it to someone else if the game is shit.

[url=http://icoder.ca/]check out icoders other awesome works.[/url]

[QUOTE=Explosions;27835269]Hey guys don't worry. I'll buy the less expensive version first to sample it. Then I'll go back and buy the real one.[/QUOTE] hey, you massive bad reading rating. learn to read, the cheap one is the real one, now shut the fuck up and get the fuck out before you say anything else about piracy and other topics completely irrelevant

Apple will take it down soon enough and remove any and all money he might have earned from selling it.

[QUOTE=Explosions;27835165]HEY IT'S NOT STEALING IT'S COPYING!!! [img_thumb]http://questioncopyright.org/cm/images/piracy-is-not-theft.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] It's copying and REDISTRIBUTING FOR PROFIT. Here's why this case is different than a standard case of piracy: -The average pirate doesn't want to pay for software in the first place. There was no intention of ever paying for that software, which is the primary argument for people who believe pirating shouldn't be illegal in a non-commercial sense. -The people who buy iCoder's version of this game have money they want to spend on Lugaru. There's the intention of spending money. But instead of giving money to the developer, in order to help support the development of Lugaru, he gives it to iCoder, who is a third party who has no intention of giving any of the money to the developer of Lugaru, but instead wants it to line his own pocket. The end user gets the same copy of the game, but the developer gets nothing, even though he should, because the end user spent money on the game. If I were a guest at your home for a day or two, would you like it if I put up a for sale sign and tried to sell your house? Not a perfect analogy, but the idea is there. And if you want to say anything about the GPL licensing, it's only the source code released under GPL. The art and other assets are not. So just for the art, iCoder could VERY easily have a lawsuit to deal with.

[QUOTE=Wayword;27850115]Apple will take it down soon enough and remove any and all money he might have earned from selling it.[/QUOTE] NOT going to happen. Read the EULA before you post, this is perfectly acceptable.

Wow, Apple take it fucking off.

Thats downright pathetic. These guys work their asses off and they aren't even asking for that much.

Guy should be taken to court over this. And why isn't Apple doing anything? Jesus Christ, surely they must have noticed by now.