Originally posted by Unknown Target
That's a first. Might be a new staff member? Anyway, the EULA does actually state that you are allowed to create free copies of Freespace 2 and give them to friends, as long as you do it for free.
Also, if you do host FS1, I won't sue you, but there's a chance someone else will.
Mark Allender was the Lead Programmer for Summoner.
I think the legal definition of friends, as within the EULA, doesn't extend to the general public.
EDIT; Although the 'legal stuff' part of the readme is a little fuzzy, so I'd just ask for clarification. At the very least it'd cover your arse, although i'm pretty sure the licence gives no right to distributed (cannot 'distribute' or 'copy' comes seperately from the stuff relating to commercial use).
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General Product License. This copy of FreeSpace 2 (the "Software") is
intended solely for your personal non-commercial home entertainment use.
You may not decompile, reverse engineer, or disassemble the Software,
except as permitted by law. Interplay Entertainment Corp. and its
licensors retain all right, title and interest in the Software including
all intellectual property rights embodied therein and derivatives thereof.
The Software, including, without limitation, all code, data structures,
characters, images, sounds, text, screens, game play, derivative works and
all other elements of the Software may not be copied, resold, rented,
leased, distributed (electronically or otherwise), used on a pay-per-play,
coin-op or other for-charge basis, or for any commercial purpose. Any
permissions granted herein are provided on a temporary basis and can be
withdrawn by Interplay Productions at any time. All rights not expressly
granted are reserved.[/q]