Re:Rockstar is selling cracked game copies on Steam
by Steltek on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @03:25PM
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A compiler author does not own the output of the compiler.
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Re:Rockstar is selling cracked game copies on Steam
by neurostimulant on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @04:51PM
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They can copyright certain sequence of bits though, like console makers did a while ago to enforce licensing (e.g. can't boot this rom without these sequence of bits, but this sequence of bits is actually a nintendo logo which cannot be distributed unless you have nintendo's permission).
Re:Rockstar is selling cracked game copies on Steam
by lxgr on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @05:02PM
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Is that always the case, or does it depend on the compiler's license in the end?
Re:Rockstar is selling cracked game copies on Steam
by alphablended on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @05:03PM
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No, but any other source (eg. headers) used during the compilation process might be owned by a third party.
A crack does not compile anything, but even if you go that road, it will be argued anyway that the patch which is applied is copyrighted.
Now, of course, it's another thing to prove that the patch may indeed be copyrighted...