Unreal Engine Abandoned LifePlay [v2023.04 Stable] [Vinfamy]

Thermophob · Feb 15, 2022

jkstfs123 said:
I don't think that's right. Pretty sure "after market" modification is a right guaranteed by law. Someone can't make a condition of use be you won't modify the product. They can't even say you can't distribute your modifications.

Lol, of course they can. That's whole point of Copy rights.... Publisher retains rights of distribution (and modification).
... Try to offer your own modification Windows or MacOSX for download, you will be sued to death.
That being said, under the license of LifePlay, Raddeck has to publish source code of his works:

LifePlay is licensed under the
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0

Permissions of this strongest copyleft license are conditioned on making available complete source code of licensed works and modifications, which include larger works using a licensed work, under the same license. Copyright and license notices must be preserved. Contributors provide an express grant of patent rights. When a modified version is used to provide a service over a network, the complete source code of the modified version must be made available.

jkstfs123 · Feb 15, 2022

Thermophob said:
and modification

I don't think so. There's a thing called "exhaustion doctrine". It a legal principle that declares your rights for certain controls are "exhausted" once you distribute to public. Whether you sell as a product or release as open source it does not matter. You just don't have any legal right to exert the control anymore. It's what enables things like the second hand market to exist and it's also what enables after market modification. Copyright does not cover modification. As the name implies, it only covers making copies.

Thermophob · Feb 15, 2022

jkstfs123 said:
I don't think so. There's a thing called "exhaustion doctrine". It a legal principle that declares your rights for certain controls are "exhausted" once you distribute to public. Whether you sell as a product or release as open source it does not matter. You just don't have any legal right to exert the control anymore. It's what enables things like the second hand market to exist and it's also what enables after market modification. Copyright does not cover modification. As the name implies, it only covers making copies.

Go, and publish your own modified Windows 10, and wait few minutes.

PhazeUFO · Feb 15, 2022

Thermophob said:
Go, and publish your own modified Windows 10, and wait few minutes.

That loaded and you know it. Regardless of what he is legally allowed to do, Microsoft has more than enough money to beat him in court.

jkstfs123 · Feb 15, 2022

Thermophob said:
Go, and publish your own modified Windows 10, and wait few minutes.

I never said you could publish a modified Windows 10. I said you could publish a mod for Windows 10. You do not need to ask permission to mod something or distribute that mod. You do not need to ask Ford for permission to mod a car they built. You do not need to ask Sony for permission to mod the Playstation they built. And if they try to say "It's a condition of sale that you will never modify this" the law says they can't. They lost the right to have complete and absolute control the second they decided to release to public. They have limited rights, e.g. copyright and patent protection. Neither of those forbid modification.

Thermophob · Feb 15, 2022

jkstfs123 said:
I never said you could publish a modified Windows 10. I said you could publish a mod for Windows 10. You do not need to ask permission to mod something or distribute that mod.

Mod is short for modification. You certainly can hack a Windows, but under the terms of EULA (at least for versions before 10), further distribution (copying) is prohibited. That's why I don't use it (any version of Windows).
That being said,I don't think anybody here is advocate of proprietary software in general or M$ in particular.

Toramizu · Feb 15, 2022

jkstfs123 said:
I never said you could publish a modified Windows 10. I said you could publish a mod for Windows 10. You do not need to ask permission to mod something or distribute that mod. You do not need to ask Ford for permission to mod a car they built. You do not need to ask Sony for permission to mod the Playstation they built. And if they try to say "It's a condition of sale that you will never modify this" the law says they can't. They lost the right to have complete and absolute control the second they decided to release to public. They have limited rights, e.g. copyright and patent protection. Neither of those forbid modification.

Thermophob said:
Mod is short for modification. You certainly can hack a Windows, but under the terms of EULA (at least for versions before 10), further distribution (copying) is prohibited. That's why I don't use it (any version of Windows).
That being said,I don't think anybody here is advocate of proprietary software in general or M$ in particular.

From what I remember, the tl;dr for modding is : it's allowed when the Copyright owner denies it, which can be for everyone (like in EULA) or case by case for certain projects.

brigade29 · Feb 15, 2022

brigade29 said:
Guys, why when adding relatives does not work, the name list stay invisible and does not add the NPC i create ?!
View attachment 1651880

No one is gonna help me in this ?

Coomer341 · Feb 15, 2022

jkstfs123 said:
I don't think so. There's a thing called "exhaustion doctrine". It a legal principle that declares your rights for certain controls are "exhausted" once you distribute to public. Whether you sell as a product or release as open source it does not matter. You just don't have any legal right to exert the control anymore. It's what enables things like the second hand market to exist and it's also what enables after market modification. Copyright does not cover modification. As the name implies, it only covers making copies.

Thermophob said:
Go, and publish your own modified Windows 10, and wait few minutes.

jkstfs123 said:
I never said you could publish a modified Windows 10. I said you could publish a mod for Windows 10. You do not need to ask permission to mod something or distribute that mod. You do not need to ask Ford for permission to mod a car they built. You do not need to ask Sony for permission to mod the Playstation they built. And if they try to say "It's a condition of sale that you will never modify this" the law says they can't. They lost the right to have complete and absolute control the second they decided to release to public. They have limited rights, e.g. copyright and patent protection. Neither of those forbid modification.

Thermophob said:
Mod is short for modification. You certainly can hack a Windows, but under the terms of EULA (at least for versions before 10), further distribution (copying) is prohibited. That's why I don't use it (any version of Windows).
That being said,I don't think anybody here is advocate of proprietary software in general or M$ in particular.

No one can add to Windows OS unless it explicitly stated or a new operating system entirely. :/

freaksnake · Feb 16, 2022

Today while playing the game i noticed that every professional clothes was replaced by the doctor/nurse ones. If i go in the pub for example, the bartender's clothes is the doctor's one. Anyone know how to fix this?
I already tried to replace the "uniform.txt" file in Modules, thinking that was corrupted in some way.
If i load an older save, or i start a new game, all clothes are fine... can it be a savefile problem?
Anyone with my same problem?

Grim · Feb 16, 2022

brigade29 said:
No one is gonna help me in this ?

Try moving the game to another location or running it as admin. It's possibly a permissions issue. The game needs to write some files to the game folder whenever a new NPC gets added and it might not be able to where you have it currently.

SoulBurner77 · Feb 16, 2022

freaksnake said:
Today while playing the game i noticed that every professional clothes was replaced by the doctor/nurse ones. If i go in the pub for example, the bartender's clothes is the doctor's one. Anyone know how to fix this?
I already tried to replace the "uniform.txt" file in Modules, thinking that was corrupted in some way.
If i load an older save, or i start a new game, all clothes are fine... can it be a savefile problem?
Anyone with my same problem?

Are you using any mods?

brigade29 · Feb 17, 2022

Grim said:
Try moving the game to another location or running it as admin. It's possibly a permissions issue. The game needs to write some files to the game folder whenever a new NPC gets added and it might not be able to where you have it currently.

that fixes it thank you alot mate

Vinfamy · Feb 18, 2022