[spiderdog]

anyone with FS2 want to befriend me so I can get it legally without buying it?

[Prophet]

You can download it legally for free.

[Polpolion]

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,38195.0.html

[WMCoolmon]

You can download it legally for free.

No, the OP is correct. Freespace 2 is protected by US copyright law, which won't expire for at least fifty years. You can download it for free on HOTU, but that doesn't mean that it's legal. You would need (probably written) permission from Interplay and possibly Volition in order for it to be legal.

The only reason that I know of that it would be otherwise is because of Fair Use (Which I don't think would apply to exact distribution of the original files to end-users) and because of the license agreement clause which states that it's OK to give FS2 to your friends for free (as long as you don't charge money).

Of course, IANAL.

[Turey]

because of the license agreement clause which states that it's OK to give FS2 to your friends for free (as long as you don't charge money).

Whenever this gets brought up, I have to point out that, a few lines below that clause, there's the "Interplay may alter this agreement at any time" clause. If you try to use the friends thing in court, they can say that that clause has been removed.

I am a coder, not a lawyer, obviously.

[spiderdog]

so should I buy it on ebay?

[Polpolion]

so should I buy it on ebay?

No.

Download it here. I will give you ten million billion dollars and serve all prison time if you get charged for downloading it.

[Turey]

so should I buy it on ebay?

No.

Download it here. I will give you ten million billion dollars and serve all prison time if you get charged for downloading it.

Or here.

[Polpolion]

I thought my link had a link to that.

*looks at the link in question*

Hmm... I didn't even know Hunter had an installer. Except it's both Turey's and Hunters. Except Turey has a newer one.

[haloboy100]

Welcome to the HLPBB spiderdog.

Just wanna say that since the problem is solved.

[spiderdog]

so has anyone befriended me?

[haloboy100]

your not gonna just download the danged SCP????

and, knowing the friendly little HLP community, we are ALL your friends  So why else would we (i havn't been here long, so i'm not part of "we"  ) give you the entire game coupled with mods and enhancements for free?

[Game_Master64]

look, this game has been abandoned by Volition. just download it.

[haloboy100]

All the people here on HLP have the game, which itself is 10 years old. No authorities have the time to look after a game that old that not much people outside of HLP care about.

[Game_Master64]

does anyone here actualy have the disks?

[haloboy100]

*raises hand* 3 of them X2, since the first 3 i lost

[Game_Master64]

lol, i have burned disks, but i dont think that counts

[haloboy100]

are you going to continue a pointless conversation or grab some common sense and download the SCP?

[spiderdog]

if Volition doesn't care(they aren't making any money off of it, right?) then they wouldn't care, right?

thanks
(off topic: can multiplayer maps be made on linux?)

[Polpolion]

does anyone here actualy have the disks?

My brothers friend does. Except that was 6 or 7 years ago, so he probably lost them by now (my brother borrowing the disks was how I found FS)

if Volition doesn't care(they aren't making any money off of it, right?) then they wouldn't care, right?

IT'S FINE!!! Look at it this way if you feel bad: FS is probably worth 5 USD considering todays market. Let's say that there were 30 people at V who would have recieved money had you actually bought it, 30 people at interplay, and 1 person at the box creating company, 1 person at the CD making place, etc. So about 62 people being mega mega mega underestimated. 5/62 = 0.0806451... I'm sure that each of them would be willing to give you 8 cents out of the kindness of their heart... Well maybe not interplay, but so what?