Abuse add-on levels. Crack.Com reply

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3 total messages Started by Shriker Sat, 09 Sep 1995 00:00

#5307

Author: Shriker
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 1995 00:00

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Howdy all,

Yesterday I fired off a question to gam...@crack.com, and I thought
I'd post it and their answer for everyone's knowledge.

My question concerned Crack.Com's accepting 3rd part add-on levels for
a forthcoming CD they'll be releasing in November (see gamedev.txt)...

Some of the better DOOM 3rd party WADs dealt with existing "properties"
or copyrighted ideas (ie. the Aliens levels/GFX/SFX/monsters, Simpsons
GFX/SFX, OneMustFall -DOOM Must Fall- GFX/SFX, Terminator SFX/etc, etc).
I had heard RUMOURS that Paramount wasn't "overjoyed" with at least one
of the AliensDOOM projects, and the Disney Sound WAD was yanked off of
CDROM.COM shortly after it's release SUPPOSEDLY in response to a Disney
rep making a complaint.

Since these add-ons were free for the taking (on FTP sites, AOL, BBSs, etc)
there's apparently no problem in regards to copyright infringements. However,
I was wondering if this WOULD pose a problem if Crack.Com was to include some
copyrighted themes/characters/sounds/etc in their "official" Abuse levels CD,
considering it was being sold by them.

I certainly wouldn't have any problem with AliensABUSE or TerminatorABUSE or
LeaveItToBeaverABUSE, but I thought Crack.Com would not want those type of
levels on their add-on CD just to avoid any potential copyright hassles.  If
that's the case, I thought they might want to mention it in their upcoming
official shareware and registered releases gamedev.txt file, and 3rd party
levels like these could be released for free consumption by their creators
(just like DOOM).

This is the answer I got:

> We would like the add-ons to be whatever you think is best for your level.
>
>  =-ddt->

:)

Well, there we go.  Straight from id heaven. <G>
So if anyone was wondering this same thing, that's the answer.

Regards to all,


-Shriker

p.s. Where are people uploading their new Abuse levels (ftp/www) ?

Re: Abuse add-on levels. Crack.Com reply

#5308

Author: Nick Vargish
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 00:00

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Shriker <GI...@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> writes:

>p.s. Where are people uploading their new Abuse levels (ftp/www) ?

People have been uploading them to a 'bot on EFnet IRC. On the
channel #Abuse is a 'bot named scIIb0t, you can download files
from it.

I've got a Web page for Abuse, and links to another page, you
can find the URL in my .signature. I've been trying to keep as
up-to-date as I can.

If any level designers/Lisp hackers/artists/etc have Abuse toys
they want to make public, you can uuencode them and e-mail them
to me. I'll put them up on my files page, so make sure you want
them to be public.

Nick
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Re: Abuse add-on levels. Crack.Com reply

#5309

Author: Nick Vargish
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 00:00

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I wrote (yes, I'm following up my own post... sorry):

>If any level designers/Lisp hackers/artists/etc have Abuse toys
>they want to make public, you can uuencode them and e-mail them
>to me. I'll put them up on my files page, so make sure you want
>them to be public.

This has to be said, as I guess some people aren't reading all the
files that come with Abuse (or not carefully, at leasy):

Any levels/Lisp hacks/etc that are sent to me, or made public, will
probably not be eligible for inclusion in Crack dot Com's expansion
CD, and thus will not earn you royalties. 

I respect CdC's wishes in this respect. If you have made levels
available on the IRC #Abuse 'bot, scIIb0t, please check my Web page
for them. If you do not wish them to be publicly available, please
send me e-mail and I will remove them immediately. The URL and my
e-mail are in the signature.

Nick

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