Earth 2160

[GLH]

Originally Posted by impic0

...but it is still my belief that people should do whatever they want with the software they bought...

You haven't bought the software. You only bought ONE license to use the software.

[tasted]

fine fine - but some years ago games like Starcraft a.s.o. got a spawn mode, with which u could play at least in LAN with one Original and up to 8 players... And i agree with impi about in this way..

[munsterbuster]

Earth 2150 had also spawn modes. And what happend? I went on a LAN and someone gave his disc around and almost everyone had a spawn version after that.
In times where meaning of copyrights is so low, I also wouldn't think about spawn versions anymore. In the forums of the game they mentioned it already and asked for multiple license for the registrants which should be only a few bucks.

[impic0]

Well, the point is: if there's no spawn version, you just use cracks. So all they achieve with that is scaring off the people who bought it. People who don't, just use a crack that's the point. And that's why all this copy protection / activation / serial limiting is absolutley wrong because it hits the wrong people. It makes life hard for people who bought the game, the pirates don't care.

[impic0]

Originally Posted by GLH

You haven't bought the software. You only bought ONE license to use the software.

When I buy a car I can do with it what i want as long as I keep it at home. When I buy an apple, nobody complains when I remove the part I don't like - the core. When I buy computer hardware, nobody can say that i am not allowed to overclock it. However, this does not fit here and this discussion takes us nowhere...