Can someone point me to the porting of old hacks rules?

[SCRIPT3R]

i'm sure i saw a thread here once before about when it's acceptible to port an older hack in which has been abandoned... i can't find it. i've replied in the threads and PM'd the coder without success. this coder has been online and viewing the thread and read my PM's. so when is it ok do take over the port or is it just not allowed at all?

[PennylessZ28]

ask the creator of the hack first

[Staxed]

it's not allowed at all unless the coder gives you permission

[SCRIPT3R]

Originally Posted by PennylessZ28

ask the creator of the hack first

i already mentioned that the creator of the hack has not responded to my PM's or in his thread.

Originally Posted by Irisfire

it's not allowed at all unless the coder gives you permission

i was sure i read something about abandoned hacks are ok to port... does any staff wanna chime in here?

[Staxed]

there was a debate over this about vbchat while ZT was gone for a while...staff said multiple times that it's not allowed...


https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...ission+to+port

[SCRIPT3R]

ok, thnx for the link.

[PennylessZ28]

If you don't have permission, and you can't get permission, then you DON'T HAVE PERMISSION.

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by GearTripper

i was sure i read something about abandoned hacks are ok to port... does any staff wanna chime in here?

If you completely rewrite a mod then you can effectivly port it, what you cannot do (without permission of the original author) is take an existing mod and reuse the code to port it.

[SCRIPT3R]

Originally Posted by Paul M

If you completely rewrite a mod then you can effectivly port it, what you cannot do (without permission of the original author) is take an existing mod and reuse the code to port it.

ahhh, that's what i was hoping for - thnx!