Primo post di GooD-NTS
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We feared that this day would come... And now it's here.
The day, when GTA modding was declared illegal.
GTA modding had long and glorious history.
Since GTA III, people have created lots of different mods: from simple texture replacements to impressive full conversions.
And the modding always was a "gray zone" -- a battlefield between lawyers and PR...
For almost ten years of OpenIV development, we had tried to play as nice as possible and even more:
Strictly following of Civil Code of Russia (only reverse engineering for interoperability).
Only clean-room reverse engineering.
No distribution of original data and code.
And absolutely no messing with Online...
On June 5th, 2017, we had received an official Cease-and-Desist letter.
It clearly says, that with OpenIV we "allow third parties to defeat security features of its software and modify that software in violation Take-Two's rights".
Yes, this letter is illiterate both technically and grammatically (really, they don't even bothered with proof-reading the text).
Yes, we can go to court and yet again prove that modding is fair use and our actions are legal.
Yes, we could. But we decided not to.
Going to court will take at least few months of our time and huge amount of efforts, and, at best, we'll get absolutely nothing.
Spending time just to restore status quo is really unproductive, and all the money in the world can't compensate the loss of time.
So, we decided to agree with their claims and we're stopping distribution of OpenIV.
It was a hard decision, but when any modding activity has been declared illegal, we can't see any possibilities to continue this process,
unless top management of Take-Two company makes an official statement about modding, which can be used in court.
With many thanks for all modding community for all your fantastic creations,
OpenIV team.
So long, and thanks for all the fish.
The day, when GTA modding was declared illegal.
GTA modding had long and glorious history.
Since GTA III, people have created lots of different mods: from simple texture replacements to impressive full conversions.
And the modding always was a "gray zone" -- a battlefield between lawyers and PR...
For almost ten years of OpenIV development, we had tried to play as nice as possible and even more:
Strictly following of Civil Code of Russia (only reverse engineering for interoperability).
Only clean-room reverse engineering.
No distribution of original data and code.
And absolutely no messing with Online...
On June 5th, 2017, we had received an official Cease-and-Desist letter.
It clearly says, that with OpenIV we "allow third parties to defeat security features of its software and modify that software in violation Take-Two's rights".
Yes, this letter is illiterate both technically and grammatically (really, they don't even bothered with proof-reading the text).
Yes, we can go to court and yet again prove that modding is fair use and our actions are legal.
Yes, we could. But we decided not to.
Going to court will take at least few months of our time and huge amount of efforts, and, at best, we'll get absolutely nothing.
Spending time just to restore status quo is really unproductive, and all the money in the world can't compensate the loss of time.
So, we decided to agree with their claims and we're stopping distribution of OpenIV.
It was a hard decision, but when any modding activity has been declared illegal, we can't see any possibilities to continue this process,
unless top management of Take-Two company makes an official statement about modding, which can be used in court.
With many thanks for all modding community for all your fantastic creations,
OpenIV team.
So long, and thanks for all the fish.
Secondo post di GooD-NTS
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To make it all clear, here is what happened:
1 - At May 19th, 2017, I received an email from the legal counsel for Take Two Interactive in the USA. In this email they has requested to stop immediately any further work and/or distribution of OpenIV and "Liberty City in GTAV" projects.
2 - In belief, that we did not violate any laws, I asked them to provide more detailed information about their request. They agreed to provide details by email.
3 - On June 5th, 2017, after two weeks of silence, I got C&D letter from lawyers company (legal representative of Take Two in Russia), both in electronic and paper form, to my employer address. This C&D accuses me in Russian laws violations.
4 - After many heavy thoughts, we had decided to agree with their claims. We did not make it easily; it is very hard decision for us.
1 - At May 19th, 2017, I received an email from the legal counsel for Take Two Interactive in the USA. In this email they has requested to stop immediately any further work and/or distribution of OpenIV and "Liberty City in GTAV" projects.
2 - In belief, that we did not violate any laws, I asked them to provide more detailed information about their request. They agreed to provide details by email.
3 - On June 5th, 2017, after two weeks of silence, I got C&D letter from lawyers company (legal representative of Take Two in Russia), both in electronic and paper form, to my employer address. This C&D accuses me in Russian laws violations.
4 - After many heavy thoughts, we had decided to agree with their claims. We did not make it easily; it is very hard decision for us.
La risposta di R*
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Fonte: PC Gamer
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"Take-Two's actions were not specifically targeting single player mods. Unfortunately OpenIV enables recent malicious mods that allow harassment of players and interfere with the GTA Online experience for everybody. We are working to figure out how we can continue to support the creative community without negatively impacting our players."
Fonte: PC Gamer
Take Two invece ha deciso di non commentare
Fonte: PC Gamer
È stata anche aperta una petizione per salvare OpenIV
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Mio commento personale:
A quando pare non hanno ancora fatto abbastanza miliardi con le shark cards...
Pensano che mettendo fuori gioco OpenIV fermano l'hacking su GTA Online non è così visto che OpenIV non centra niente con tutto ciò
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A quando pare non hanno ancora fatto abbastanza miliardi con le shark cards...
Lista di T2
FiveM ✓
GTAMP ✓
Leslie Benzies e il dlc della storia ✓
Red Dead Redemtpion V ✓
OpenIV e Liberty V ✓
Mancano lo Script Hook,GTA5Mods e GTA Network.Faranno,e quando,la prossima mossa?Lo scopriremo,purtroppo,nelle prossime puntate...
Consiglio vivamente di fare un backup dei seguenti files
GTA5.exe
GTAVLauncher.exe
PlayGTAV.exe
update.rpf
Cartella del Social Club in Programmi e Programmi(x86)
steamapi.dll (se avete la versione Steam)
A meno che non viene aggiornato lo Script Hook,io mi sa che rimango alla v1032
In questo momento ci vorrebbero centinaia di video da parte dei "GTA Youtubers"
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We feared that this day would come... And now it's here.
The day, when GTA modding was declared illegal.
GTA modding had long and glorious history.
Since GTA III, people have created lots of different mods: from simple texture replacements to impressive full conversions.
And the modding always was a "gray zone" -- a battlefield between lawyers and PR...
For almost ten years of OpenIV development, we had tried to play as nice as possible and even more:
Strictly following of Civil Code of Russia (only reverse engineering for interoperability).
Only clean-room reverse engineering.
No distribution of original data and code.
And absolutely no messing with Online...
On June 5th, 2017, we had received an official Cease-and-Desist letter.
It clearly says, that with OpenIV we "allow third parties to defeat security features of its software and modify that software in violation Take-Two's rights".
Yes, this letter is illiterate both technically and grammatically (really, they don't even bothered with proof-reading the text).
Yes, we can go to court and yet again prove that modding is fair use and our actions are legal.
Yes, we could. But we decided not to.
Going to court will take at least few months of our time and huge amount of efforts, and, at best, we'll get absolutely nothing.
Spending time just to restore status quo is really unproductive, and all the money in the world can't compensate the loss of time.
So, we decided to agree with their claims and we're stopping distribution of OpenIV.
It was a hard decision, but when any modding activity has been declared illegal, we can't see any possibilities to continue this process,
unless top management of Take-Two company makes an official statement about modding, which can be used in court.
With many thanks for all modding community for all your fantastic creations,
OpenIV team.
So long, and thanks for all the fish.
The day, when GTA modding was declared illegal.
GTA modding had long and glorious history.
Since GTA III, people have created lots of different mods: from simple texture replacements to impressive full conversions.
And the modding always was a "gray zone" -- a battlefield between lawyers and PR...
For almost ten years of OpenIV development, we had tried to play as nice as possible and even more:
Strictly following of Civil Code of Russia (only reverse engineering for interoperability).
Only clean-room reverse engineering.
No distribution of original data and code.
And absolutely no messing with Online...
On June 5th, 2017, we had received an official Cease-and-Desist letter.
It clearly says, that with OpenIV we "allow third parties to defeat security features of its software and modify that software in violation Take-Two's rights".
Yes, this letter is illiterate both technically and grammatically (really, they don't even bothered with proof-reading the text).
Yes, we can go to court and yet again prove that modding is fair use and our actions are legal.
Yes, we could. But we decided not to.
Going to court will take at least few months of our time and huge amount of efforts, and, at best, we'll get absolutely nothing.
Spending time just to restore status quo is really unproductive, and all the money in the world can't compensate the loss of time.
So, we decided to agree with their claims and we're stopping distribution of OpenIV.
It was a hard decision, but when any modding activity has been declared illegal, we can't see any possibilities to continue this process,
unless top management of Take-Two company makes an official statement about modding, which can be used in court.
With many thanks for all modding community for all your fantastic creations,
OpenIV team.
So long, and thanks for all the fish.
A quando pare non hanno ancora fatto abbastanza miliardi con le shark cards...
Lista di T2
FiveM ✓
GTAMP ✓
Leslie Benzies e il dlc della storia ✓
Red Dead Redemtpion V ✓
OpenIV e Liberty V ✓
Mancano lo Script Hook,GTA5Mods e GTA Network.Faranno,e quando,la prossima mossa?Lo scopriremo,purtroppo,nelle prossime puntate...
Consiglio vivamente di fare un backup dei seguenti files
GTA5.exe
GTAVLauncher.exe
PlayGTAV.exe
update.rpf
Cartella del Social Club in Programmi e Programmi(x86)
steamapi.dll (se avete la versione Steam)
A meno che non viene aggiornato lo Script Hook,io mi sa che rimango alla v1032
In questo momento ci vorrebbero centinaia di video da parte dei "GTA Youtubers"
Messaggio modificato da Alex106 il 16 giugno 2017 - 18:58