On 07/12/09 16:43, Warp wrote:
> Neeum Zawan<m.n### [at] ieeeorg>  wrote:
>>          Oh yes. Think vaporware. Lots and lots of games out there that people
>> cherish and love, but that are protected by copyright and the
>> people/companies who own that copyright aren't bothered to let people
>> play those games legally.
>
>    I think you mean abandonware.

	Oops. Yeah.

>    A good example of the latter would be Valve: Rather than being dicks about
> people making mods for Half-Life, they actually embraced the best ones.
> Counter Strike is the quintessential example: It was one of the most popular
> Half-Life mods, and Valve basically bought it, and it became one of their
> best-selling products.

	Were those mods technically illegal? Valve hadn't given permission in 
general to make mods?

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