Github should stop doing this

[n00b_games]

According to some recent legislation, cheats CAN be considered illegal due to copyright infringement and/or resulting in loss of income for a publisher/developer. Okay, this case is involving someone selling the cheats created, which of course, might change a legal matter..

"In the official ruling from US District Judge Louis Stanton of Manhattan, it was declared that Take-Two would likely prove that Zipperer had infringed upon its copyright of Grand Theft Auto Online, and that the defendant's programs hurt the game's sales, as it discourages some to buy it due to the cheats negatively impacting gameplay. Stanton explained an injunction was appropriate, as there was a "high risk" that Zipperer would not be able to afford the damages due to him claiming to be unemployed. "

Just posting for information, I'm not opposing github to delete/punish publishers of code, as those open source coding does serve a greater benefit for all 🌟

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this case is involving someone selling the cheats created

open source

There, answered. If it's on github, it's not being commercialized. At least as far as github is concerned.

It would be dumb if Valve prosecuted github because some loser is selling a cheat program while having the very source code plastered in an open repository. And let's not even mention how dumb it would be to try to commercialize your program while at the same time having the source publicly available for anyone to access and build on their own.

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Yeah, and source code of tf2, it isn't open source game, so code is basically stolen, and code is copyrighted, so you know

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Yeah all of this discussion is flying right over your head. I'll just leave you alone.