16.07.2010, 13:36
You can read it yourself in the GTA:SA license agreement found in the DVD booklet. There is a section on "Modifications" which contains conditions like:
SA-MP has to be distributed for free and without a modified gta_sa.exe. Otherwise it would require would a seperate agreement with Take-Two.
We've never had any intention of charging for SA-MP anyway. I don't think it's commercial quality. It's good for something that was hacked in to a game that wasn't designed for multiplayer, but it can't really compete with other commercial multiplayer games. 90% of the development time has been spent on technical hurdles, rather than any polishing.
As for the development version being taken away: since early 2008 we've become more closed in development. We used to announce features on our blog as soon as they went in. But we realised this information was being used against us by other mods that have a stated goal of replacing SA-MP. Every time we announced a new feature they would try to 1-up us by announcing the exact same feature a few weeks later. People closely associated with these other mods have been responsible many attacks on SA-MP, including the hacking of our old SMF forum. It has now gotten to the point where I'm not prepared to give out any info about SA-MP development.
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"OWNER encourages noncommercial distribution of quality Modifications, .. [] " "(ii) your Modifications must contain a full, registered copy of the game to run .. [] " "(iii) you may not distribute a Mod that contains an executable file which has been changed or modified in any way .. []" "(v) your Modifications must be distributed solely for free .. []" |
We've never had any intention of charging for SA-MP anyway. I don't think it's commercial quality. It's good for something that was hacked in to a game that wasn't designed for multiplayer, but it can't really compete with other commercial multiplayer games. 90% of the development time has been spent on technical hurdles, rather than any polishing.
As for the development version being taken away: since early 2008 we've become more closed in development. We used to announce features on our blog as soon as they went in. But we realised this information was being used against us by other mods that have a stated goal of replacing SA-MP. Every time we announced a new feature they would try to 1-up us by announcing the exact same feature a few weeks later. People closely associated with these other mods have been responsible many attacks on SA-MP, including the hacking of our old SMF forum. It has now gotten to the point where I'm not prepared to give out any info about SA-MP development.