alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 10 months agoPortal 64 dev says “don’t be mad at Valve” for the project’s shutdownwww.pcgamesn.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1180arrow-down15cross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1175arrow-down1external-linkPortal 64 dev says “don’t be mad at Valve” for the project’s shutdownwww.pcgamesn.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 10 months agomessage-square54fedilinkcross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.works
minus-squareconciselyverbose@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoThey’re defending their IP. They’re really wildly permissive with their IP, but combining it with other people’s you also don’t own is very obviously over the line.
minus-squareTWeaK@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoI’m pretty confident if someone combined Valve’s IP with anyone else’s this would not have happened.
minus-squareconciselyverbose@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoThis is laughable. If someone was making a valve game with spiderman in it, the same thing would happen. They’re only going to ignore it if the other owner has a pattern of being OK with it, and even then they might want written permission.
minus-squareTWeaK@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-210 months ago… Have you ever played Garry’s Mod? Edit: Lol, I wrote that before I looked it up: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1384628469
They’re defending their IP.
They’re really wildly permissive with their IP, but combining it with other people’s you also don’t own is very obviously over the line.
I’m pretty confident if someone combined Valve’s IP with anyone else’s this would not have happened.
This is laughable.
If someone was making a valve game with spiderman in it, the same thing would happen. They’re only going to ignore it if the other owner has a pattern of being OK with it, and even then they might want written permission.
… Have you ever played Garry’s Mod?
Edit: Lol, I wrote that before I looked it up: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1384628469