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Title: RENT FS2 for $6
Post by: Galemp on February 01, 2003, 02:47:37 am
http://store.yahoo.com/visiongamez/fs2.html

You get to keep it for 10 days... long enough to burn a copy. (On a no-cost, non-commercial personal basis only of course.) Finally, somewhere dependable with FS2 in stock!
Title: RENT FS2 for $6
Post by: Hippo on February 01, 2003, 02:14:16 pm
evryone with an FAQ should add this as a scource...
Title: RENT FS2 for $6
Post by: Solatar on February 01, 2003, 02:31:26 pm
I thought it said in the copyright they weren't allowed to do this?
Title: RENT FS2 for $6
Post by: Knight Templar on February 01, 2003, 02:47:52 pm
allowed to do what? Rent it out?

Why wouldn't all games say that then?
Title: Re: RENT FS2 for $6
Post by: Martinus on February 01, 2003, 07:33:14 pm
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Originally posted by GalacticEmperor
http://store.yahoo.com/visiongamez/fs2.html

You get to keep it for 10 days... long enough to burn a copy. Finally, somewhere dependable with FS2 in stock!


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Please think before you post something not quite legal. :rolleyes:
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Title: RENT FS2 for $6
Post by: Galemp on February 01, 2003, 07:49:16 pm
Edited.... :devil:
Title: Re: Re: RENT FS2 for $6
Post by: Solatar on February 01, 2003, 08:44:35 pm
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Originally posted by Maeglamor


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Please think before you post something not quite legal. :rolleyes:
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We can burn copies of fs2 can't we?
Title: RENT FS2 for $6
Post by: CP5670 on February 01, 2003, 09:37:53 pm
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Edited.... :devil:


:D :D
Title: RENT FS2 for $6
Post by: Solatar on February 02, 2003, 10:29:38 am
You don't even have to burn a copy. Just install it and download fs2_open. I lost all my CDs, but I can still play.
Title: RENT FS2 for $6
Post by: Galemp on February 02, 2003, 10:32:37 am
Well yeah, but what about all the artwork, models, voice etc? There's more to Freespace than just the executable.
Title: RENT FS2 for $6
Post by: Joey_21 on February 02, 2003, 10:44:20 am
But if you install it then you already have the voice, etc. on your HD... Although, when you send the CD's back you won't be able to view the cutscenes. :sigh:
Title: RENT FS2 for $6
Post by: karajorma on February 02, 2003, 06:23:01 pm
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Originally posted by Joey_21
But if you install it then you already have the voice, etc. on your HD... Although, when you send the CD's back you won't be able to view the cutscenes. :sigh:


Unless you also install them to your hard drive in a data/movies drawer
Title: Re: Re: Re: RENT FS2 for $6
Post by: Martinus on February 10, 2003, 10:32:43 am
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Originally posted by Hades


We can burn copies of fs2 can't we?


[color=66ff00]Only if you own an original copy of the game in which case it's backing up, which you are allowed to do (despite what certain large american media corporations would have you believe).

If you did own a copy there would be very little reason for you to rent it except in the case of having a scratched CD. Renting a game you don't own to burn a copy is illegal.
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Title: RENT FS2 for $6
Post by: Stealth on February 10, 2003, 12:43:43 pm
but with the release of the Source Code, and the license agreement, i thought it pretty much said that Freespace 2 was public, that you could give out copies to whoever you want...

wasn't it?
Title: RENT FS2 for $6
Post by: CP5670 on February 10, 2003, 03:28:38 pm
Essentially, as long as you don't sell it.
Title: RENT FS2 for $6
Post by: Stealth on February 10, 2003, 03:48:16 pm
right.

so renting the game and burning a copy of it (even though you don't own a copy) is completely legal.

nice! :D