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Legal Issues with changing the Amnesia Launcher? - ehovda321 - 01-24-2013

Hey I have a question, is it legal to change the picture in the Launcher of "Amnesia: The Dark Descent"? I was wanting to know if I could change that, but while de-coding the .exe, I noticed there were some legal statements inside the script. Huh


RE: Legal Issues with changing the Amnesia Launcher? - Statyk - 01-24-2013

Yes, to my knowledge, messing with the executable is illegal.


RE: Legal Issues with changing the Amnesia Launcher? - darkely - 01-24-2013

(01-24-2013, 04:50 AM)Statyk Wrote: Yes, to my knowledge, messing with the executable is illegal.

If he is only using it for personal use and not distributing it is it still illegal?


RE: Legal Issues with changing the Amnesia Launcher? - PutraenusAlivius - 01-24-2013

(01-24-2013, 05:16 AM)darkely Wrote:
(01-24-2013, 04:50 AM)Statyk Wrote: Yes, to my knowledge, messing with the executable is illegal.

If he is only using it for personal use and not distributing it is it still illegal?

Ask Frictional Games for that. (however, some developers do allow their stuff is used/changed on something, as long it's non-commercial.)


RE: Legal Issues with changing the Amnesia Launcher? - Your Computer - 01-24-2013

If he doesn't distribute it, it should be fine. Of course, only he holds responsibility for any file corruption on his part.


RE: Legal Issues with changing the Amnesia Launcher? - plutomaniac - 01-24-2013

This is Jens talking:

Jens Wrote:When it comes to using Amnesia we are quite open, it is please go ahead and do so, but don't take credit and don't sell.