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ChocoTaco Sep 19, 2017 @ 1:34pm
Submitting a game you do not own
Lets say you play a game, it works well, and has a community. The community does not own the game but would like to get recognition and possibly more players. Can the game be submitted for free without ownership rights. The game is Tribes 2. The company that made it (dynamix) is now disbanded. The company that bought them (vivendi) has been bought by other companies (activision). The tribes Franchise rights was bought by HiRez. But I dont believe HiRez has any affiliation with the community or do they possess the source code.

If we were able to produce a stable version of the game could it be submitted for no profit and with the only intention of is growing our player base and getting exposure?
Last edited by ChocoTaco; Sep 19, 2017 @ 1:35pm
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Skoardy Sep 19, 2017 @ 1:36pm 
No.
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LarryFish23 Sep 19, 2017 @ 1:37pm 
If the people who made the game give you the go ahead yes
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ChocoTaco Sep 19, 2017 @ 2:06pm 
Those are two mixed answers
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Skoardy Sep 19, 2017 @ 2:08pm 
Not really. One is what he asked, the other is an answer based on additional conditions.
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ChocoTaco Sep 19, 2017 @ 2:09pm 
Originally posted by Phil:
If the people who made the game give you the go ahead yes

If we were talking about the people who actually made the game cutting out any other subsidiaries, their engine is now opensource under the mit licence in that respect.

http://www.garagegames.com/products/torque-3d
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ChocoTaco Sep 19, 2017 @ 2:10pm 
Originally posted by Skoardy:
Not really. One is what he asked, the other is an answer based on additional conditions.

I understand, Im just going out on a limb here since the situation is so complicated.
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wilco64256 Sep 19, 2017 @ 6:11pm 
It's not complicated at all - if you don't own distribution rights for something then you don't have the right to distribute it. Period. Nothing complicated about that concept.
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ChocoTaco Sep 19, 2017 @ 7:06pm 
Originally posted by wilco64256:
It's not complicated at all - if you don't own distribution rights for something then you don't have the right to distribute it. Period. Nothing complicated about that concept.

Gotcha
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LarryFish23 Sep 21, 2017 @ 12:51pm 
I'll give you an example here with me.
www.Piratesonline.co
We recreated a game Disney closed back in 2013 and now it is up and running again due to developers like me who spent years bringing it back We got permission granted from Disney that the only conditions on recreating their game was that zero profit could be made from it if we wanted to use their game content. I suggest if you are truly passionate about doing this, then contact the original owner and see what they say, otherwise you aren't going to be able to do anything, and if you do you are likely to get shutdown pretty fast.
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