alt Hacker NewsThat's essentially the same thing as modding a game, though. I know there have been lawsuits to stop modding, but I don't think any were successful.
That's essentially the same thing as modding a game, though. I know there have been lawsuits to stop modding, but I don't think any were successful.
I haven't followed any relevant cases but I would be surprised if there's any serious dispute that the common methods of modding games generally create derivative works. I think the dispute would be downstream of that as to whether or not the mods are covered by fair use.