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reginold n. user <reguser@rochester.rr.com.remove-this-spamblock> wrote in
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> In article <IRc24.7289$Tp.1...@typ11.nn.bcandid.com>, "NutWrench"
<nutw...@DETHB4SPAMwa.freei.net> wrote:
> >. It was because of this
> >practice that many map authors (including myself) began adding 'not for
> >profit' clauses in our map text.
> >
> >--Nut
>
>
> Does it work? Do they respect that?
> As Don said, they clame to only be charging for the front end/interface.
> 'Not for profit' is part of the Build user agreement, to begin with.
> If they publish your map anyway, can you sue?
> Or does the case need to be persued by 3Drealms?
>
> --reg
>

  I scanned through all the map text files on my WizardWorks CD, looking for
any 'do not distribute for profit' type keywords. I couldn't find any, so I
assume Wizardworks at least checked the accompanying text files before
burning the CD. Legally speaking, they didn't do anything BAD. (They just
didn't do anything good, in my opinion) I don't have a problem with
Wizardworks making money but there are no acknowledgements on the box or in
the manual to acknowledge the fact that these are 3rd-party maps, so it's
easy to get the impression that Wizardworks created the maps as well.
  Most of the maps on the CD are real junk: untextured, unpopulated
Deathmatch maps.  One of them is a 2 sector, untextured map which basically
demonstrates how to make an underwater sector. Not exactly 'action-packed.'
I believe I picked 10-12 maps as 'keepers' out of the entire 500 map CD.  ;)

--Nut