Stop trying to push things that far so that they fit your needs. While that example is true, no one could care less about it.
What happens if a company steals a product from another company? Do you seriously think that the other company won't sue them? The same applies here. Would you feel alright if someone re-released one of your textures and had twice the number of downloads YOUR texture had? Would you be able to accept that the texture YOU put work and effort in was just slightly edited and now someone is more popular than you because of YOUR hard work? I wouldn't. And if you are ok with it, I can assure you that most people in this community aren't.
One company stealing from another is a terrible analogy to people making unauthorized changes to a company's product. Because a company stealing from another company involves copyright, Money, Laws, Etc. While people hacking a game doesn't involve any of that whatsoever.
Maybe you see it as a hobby, but there are a lot of people here in this community. There are people who take this very seriously and make textures for people to enjoy, but they make them to enjoy their selves too. Plagiarism is something that doesn't let them do that. It prevents the joy of being proud of your job from occurring, and causes a lot of sadness and rage.
I'm fine with people wanting to change some textures to match their personal preference, but if they want to release it, they should talk with the one that made the texture first. It's just fair.
I'm sorry, But If someone takes their hobby seriously, It's because probably It's all they got in their lives. And when that’s all they have in their life, It really gets under their skin. I actually do think It's possible for texture hacking to be considered an interesting art, Kind of like how graffiti can be art. But believe me It will never make any of us rich, Let alone pay the bills around the house. And If you do take what you've learned from being a hacker to become a game designer/texture artist. What are you going to do If some people find a way to hack the game and change the textures that you made? Sue the hackers and shut them down?
"Hacker B" has all the right to stop HIS texture from being released to the public. It's his texture, after all. Nothing is stopping "Hacker A" from making his own version for personal use, or to distribute it in a PM (to a single person, not more).
Except that once the hack is in the hands of the hack user, They can choose to make It public anyway. And If they really want to be malicious about It, They can choose to NOT credit the original creator, OR the person who edited It.
Well, as I've said before, maybe you don't really care about it, but other people do. Want to improve it? Ask for permission. Want to change it to your liking? Ask for permission. Want to make a package for people that want to use this on every slot? Ask for permission. Of course, you always have the option to do it without permission, but only for your personal use.
Sorry, But when you put something on the internet It's open to modification by anyone. As I said before hacking is a hobby, Furthermore It is a hobby in which people can do whatever they want with It. As long as proper credit is given where It's due there shouldn't be a problem. And as long as proper credit is given It can't be called "Stealing". Stealing is uploading someone else's work without any mention of or credit given to the person who actually made It. If a hacker edits another persons hack and gives the original hacker credit (Saying I did this, And this person did that), Then It's not, And It can't be called, Stealing. And "Steal" isn't the right word to use anyway, Since this is a hacking community and not a serious business. There's no money or profit involved in anything that we do. And I actually think It's worse for two hackers to make the same thing, And the worse hack gets more downloads than the better hack. Because regardless of what edits are made to It, It's still your work that they're downloading regardless. And I think It's more understandable to be upset over someone making their own version of a hack you made, And It gets more downloads/recognition than your when theirs is not as good as yours.
Once again. Nobody could care less about it. Do you realize you said this in three of your paragraphs? There's no need to be so repetitive.
Don't you mean "Couldn't care less"? "Could care less" means It's
possible to care less. When you don't care about something at all, It's impossible to care less. Hence the phrase "Couldn't care less". But that's beside the point...
Releasing minor edits of other people's work is plagiarism. No one gives a [censored] what you, personally, are OK with. It doesn't matter what you're OK with. You have no authority, and you have no right to say what other people should accept when it comes to having their work stolen.
Making it is fine. You can do whatever you want with the hacks you download, just like you can do whatever you want with Brawl, the game you bought. But re-releasing minor edits of other people's work is plagiarism and will not be permitted here in the near future.
Well "Plagiarism" isn't the right word to use ether because again, We're not dealing with copyright, Money, Etc. If I write an article and in the article I include an excerpt from a George Carlin book, But I don't quote the book or cite the source, That's plagiarism. But If my article contains the excerpt with It completely quoted, As well as the original author and the book It came from cited, It's not plagiarism. Editing a video game hack isn't the same thing as copyright infringement. I can see someone arguing that they are the same or similar. But really It's not the same thing. Also...
Exactly what is it in your mind that gives you the idea that you can actually stop people from re-releasing it? Since you, while an Admin, don't have much true "authority" yourself? And I don't mean just here, but if people were to re-release them in other places? XD
It's not like it's so serious that you can legally do anything about it. ¦D
What he said. You people may have control over what is and isn't allowed in the Brawlvault, But you can't have complete control over the community as a whole. You can remove a hack from the Brawlvault but It'll still be available on the file sharing site It's hosted on, And the people who made the edits will just find another place to put those download links. Nobody's ever going to be able to completely stop others from releasing edits, There will always be another place the host the hacks. What It all comes down to is this:
It depends on each person, there's people who don't mind as long as they are credited... there are people who get mad if you use what they made...
That, And that we're all (Okay maybe not all) here to have fun and enjoy ourselves. And I believe we shouldn't let a little thing like "Permission" get in the way of that. But as Vyse said, Nobody gives a [censored] about what I'm personally ok with.
