Funcom Modding Code of Conduct

[EZee_AP]

@CodeMage

How wrong is it to just take? Again, it depends a lot on the circumstances. Say I took one of @Xevyr’s mods, found a way to “decompile” or otherwise reverse engineer what he did, changed one little detail, and published it on Steam as my own without even a mention of the original work and its author, and without ever contacting @Xevyr about it. That, in my opinion, is not “old-school hacker ethos”, that’s being a dick. I might not be breaking any laws, but I would be dishonest.

In the UK that would actually break at least 2 UK laws
Copywrite law and Computer Misuse Act 1990.

[Xevyr]

Yea @CodeMage stop stealing my theoretical shit or I’ll smack you with an inflatable cucumber in good spirit and a very excellent way

[CodeMage]

@EZee_AP

In the UK that would actually break at least 2 UK laws
Copywrite law and Computer Misuse Act 1990.

That’s interesting. You made me look it up and learn something new, so thank you for that. I don’t know if you’re actually a lawyer, but even if you aren’t and are just offering your own interpretation, that interpretation seems quite plausible when it comes to the UK Copyright law. I’m not so sure about the Computer Misuse Act 1990, so if you really are a lawyer, I would enjoy a brief explanation of why it applies here, because I like learning new things

@Xevyr

Yea @CodeMage stop stealing my theoretical shit or I’ll smack you with an inflatable cucumber in good spirit and a very excellent way

That’s it. If I ever decide to make a mod for Conan Exiles, my first mod will be to add inflatable cucumber as a weapon

[EZee_AP]

@CodeMage

That’s interesting. You made me look it up and learn something new, so thank you for that. I don’t know if you’re actually a lawyer, but even if you aren’t and are just offering your own interpretation, that interpretation seems quite plausible when it comes to the UK Copyright law. I’m not so sure about the Computer Misuse Act 1990, so if you really are a lawyer, I would enjoy a brief explanation of why it applies here, because I like learning new things

I’m not a lawyer but I do have a little experience with these 2 laws, back when I modified Sony Ericsson mobile phones (before android and iphone existed) , ericsson came for a bunch of us and they got all the UK developers using these 2 laws.

The reason they got me was for patching the K series walkman, even though the K series firmware had all the GFX of the W series packed inside it I was deemed to have breached copywrite law as I was displaying images in a manner not intended without permission (UK law is pretty strict in regards to software).

Computer Misuse Act 1990 covers things like reverse engineering and hacking, it is mainly used if you have intent to commit a crime, but it also covers “accessing” any type of material/content, although I do believe it depends on what you do with the material/content and how the judge is feeling that day lol.

[Taemien]

@Xevyr

None of the things you listed is in conflict with these rules though.

The rules are referring to modder vs. modder interactions.

What I said can apply to other modders as well.

[Moonhilde]

Excellent communication, well done Fncom ( )

[inser : this is fine meme]