• Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Just a quick question, why? Is it because Take2 or Rockstar will come after anyone that they think copied their code, or are there a lot of bad practices used in GTA5’s code?

      • SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world
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        Because even the possibility that you implemented somebody else’s proprietary code from memory or inspiration opens up a lot of legal issues.

        And while you may win there’s no winners when you or your employer has to pay your side of legal fees. It’s best to just avoid it to make that process easier.

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          If they can prove it. There’s only so many way to do something in code

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            If this includes the euphoria physics engine and someone copies it… it will be incredibly easy to prove that it’s stolen.

            • AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml
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              Sure if you copy the whole thing. But if you treat it like another resource like Stack Overflow then the only way to get caught is if you put the code on your work machine.

              People quit their job and move to a company every week and the knowledge of rockstars engine doesn’t leave their brain.

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                Didn’t you hear about TakeTwo’s TakeTwo brain implants? They take two chips and put them in emloyees heads. It acts as their work-related memory. When they come into the office it activates and when they go home it turns off (supposedly). There’s no way you could fool such sofisticated TakeHome tech!

                /s obv

        • Korne127@lemmy.world
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          when you or your employer has to pay your side of legal fees

          Where I live, the losing side must pay for all legal fees

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      Again for anybody working on their own games or who does software. Avoid this like the plague.

      Learning from the code and reusing the same code are two different things. It’s not every day you get to see how the pros do it.

      On a completely different subject, I’m curious about your username, could you elaborate on it?

      Edit: I scrolled down. What is Stormlight?

      Edit2: I scrolled down even more. [This says it the best].(https://lemmy.world/comment/6232601)

    • Cheers@sh.itjust.works
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      Bad take.

      Code is about working with a limited set of tools and making them work for whatever task is in front of you.

      Inspiration is from interacting with something and receiving insight.

      The best coders meld the two and push the industry forward. If you impose self limitations like this on yourself, then you’ll never advance yourself.

      This is like saying you read lord of the rings and now can’t play DND because the fantasy source material was ‘stolen’.

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    Maybe we can finally end all the hopes for that UFO thing. The people who spent years on it deserve closure, even if it was just hints towards a cancelled DLC

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      If support has been discontinued for GTA 5 and it no longer receives any updates then yes that’s likely.

      edit: depending on what is actually included in the “full source code”, of course.

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    amazing to me that open source games usually sputter out quickly, yet communities will dissemble, reassemble and polish and finish games from established IPs

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    So sad seeing all these games, all that creativity, sacrificed for a sixth installment.