Reporting rogue dev Underdone Gaming: the Warzone 2100 steam page is controlled by said rogue third party and not wz2100.net

[I have mic]

The warzone 2100 steam page at https://store.steampowered.com/app/1241950/Warzone_2100/ is controlled by rogue third party Underdone Gaming and needs to be taken down, the individual controlling the page openly refuses to cooperate with the wz2100.net project.

Evidence: https://wz2100.net/compat/steamoverlay/

[Iron Knights]

Hey, I remember that game, used to love it for the custom vehicle builds.
Thanks for the link. It is obviously not EIDOS anymore either, but the publishers are listed on the Steam Page. If you have concerns as to their licensing of the product, maybe you should contact them:
DEVELOPER:
Pumpkin Studios, Underdone Gaming, Warzone 2100 Project
PUBLISHER:
Underdone Gaming

[BloodShed]

Origineel geplaatst door nitzit:

The warzone 2100 steam page at https://store.steampowered.com/app/1241950/Warzone_2100/ is controlled by a rogue third party and needs to be taken down, the individual controlling the page refuses to cooperate with the wz2100.net project.

The game is open-source, and the Steam version is as far as I can tell a fork of the wz2100.net repo (just a couple of versions behind)

You can use my guide to replace the Steam version with the latest wz2100.net version.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2962651028

[I have mic]

Origineel geplaatst door Iron Knights:

Hey, I remember that game, used to love it for the custom vehicle builds.
Thanks for the link. It is obviously not EIDOS anymore either, but the publishers are listed on the Steam Page. If you have concerns as to their licensing of the product, maybe you should contact them:
DEVELOPER:
Pumpkin Studios, Underdone Gaming, Warzone 2100 Project
PUBLISHER:
Underdone Gaming

Underdone Gaming IS the rogue developer controlling the page, there are multiple complaints about his handling of other free content and the moron refuses to cooperate with the Warzone 2100 project, everything you said was irrelevant.

[lsdninja]

Origineel geplaatst door nitzit:

everything you said was irrelevant.

Sounds about right XD

[Malfunctioning Robot]

Them's the breaks. Don't have any rights to control it when you make it open source.

[I have mic]

Origineel geplaatst door Malfunctioning Robot:

Them's the breaks. Don't have any rights to control it when you make it open source.

The issue in this case is a site moderation issue and should be treated as such, the page is not a legitimate fork.

[Nx Machina]

It is FREE and OPEN SOURCE therefore anyone can work on it or use a fork of it.

Have you read the GPL 2.0 open source license?

Secondly the developer you are talking about even has a link on the store page to the wz2100 net project on github, so they are hardly working from the shadows, or trying to conceal it.

As a sidenote: thanks for the store link as i had never heard of the game, downloading it now.

[Malfunctioning Robot]

Origineel geplaatst door nitzit:

Origineel geplaatst door Malfunctioning Robot:

Them's the breaks. Don't have any rights to control it when you make it open source.

The issue in this case is a site moderation issue and should be treated as such, the page is not a legitimate fork.

It's open source, literally ANY fork is a legitimate fork, WZ2100.net doesn't get a say in what a legitimate fork is.

The only people who get to change their minds about what is and is not legitimate is the IP holder and they didn't care so much that they MADE it open source

[Malfunctioning Robot]

Hell, even your "proof" doesn't say that its illegitimate, just that its not associated with them. You've got a bug up your butt over something that even WZ2100.net doesn't seem to

[Chika Ogiue]

Origineel geplaatst door nitzit:

Underdone Gaming IS the rogue developer controlling the page, there are multiple complaints about his handling of other free content and the moron refuses to cooperate with the Warzone 2100 project, everything you said was irrelevant.

How can you be a rogue developer of an open source project exactly? Seems he was the only one willing to pay the 100 USD price tag to host the game on Steam. Says more to me about the other branches than the one you seem to have a beef with.

But even if he were, hypothetically, stealing the code and uploading it on Steam, posting about it here is not how you report the content. The IP holder would have to report the content via the relevant channel, while providing evidence of ownership.

[ShelLuser]

Origineel geplaatst door nitzit:

is controlled by rogue third party Underdone Gaming and needs to be taken down, the individual controlling the page openly refuses to cooperate with the wz2100.net project.

And why should he cooperate in the first place?

Warzone2100 is provided free of charge under the GPL 2.0 open source license[github.com] (and 2 more). I guess you never bothered to read it, but this is a snippet of the GPL:

For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether
gratis or for a fee, you must give the recipients all the rights that
you have. You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the
source code. And you must show them these terms so they know their
rights.

So, what are these rights? Well....

1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's
   source code as you receive it,
   
2. You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion
   of it, thus forming a work based on the Program, and copy and
   distribute such modifications or work under the terms of Section 1
   above,
   
3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it,
   under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of
   Sections 1 and 2

See, that's the thing with the GPL: as soon as you apply it it automatically applies to every work based on the original: "6. Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the Program), the recipient automatically receives a license from the original licensor to copy, distribute or modify the Program subject to these terms and conditions.".

The funny thing is that Pumpkin Studios could even have sold this game if they wanted to, but I guess they didn't think that was fair so they didn't. Tells me a lot about them to be honest...

Next time I suggest you actually check the licenses and see what they mean and do before spouting nonsense. There's no foul here what so ever. Maybe apart from your bizarre accusations.

[Crazy Tiger]

You can report the game via the store page. Keep in mind that Valve will check things out and take the action they see fit. That means that their action certainly does not have to be in a manner you want to see.

Since it's about an open-source thingy, the question about "legality" isn't as simple as you want to make it out, OP. As ShelLuser shows via the license, it does seem to be all ok.

Don't do naming & shaming, just report the game and see what comes of it. And be prepared to actually accept the answer if it isn't as you like it.

[N3tRunn3r]

Download WZ2100 via Steam, and override all WZ2100 files and directories with the install files of wz2100.net..

[lsdninja]

Origineel geplaatst door N3tRunn3r:

Download WZ2100 via Steam, and override all WZ2100 files and directories with the install files of wz2100.net..

If you’re just going to do that, what’s the point of going through Steam?

[N3tRunn3r]

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