Col. Homestar wrote:Wow, we're really debating about the license and copyright infringements being committed against Lucasarts on an 8 year old game that sells on steam for $5 bucks?
We were just debating whether it would technically still be illegal to modify the executable or any other important files, even with Pandemic Studios out of the picture, as LucasArts is the sole owner of the SWBF property. One side is simply pointing out that yes, this is the case, whereas the other side is acting as if SWBF2 is now in the public domain due to Pandemic's disbandment.
Now, if I'm not mistaken, Bryant's
unofficial (as it is not officially supported by LucasArts) 1.4 patch was given permission by LucasArts itself to be allowed to be released after the company was briefed on what the changes to the executable were. So they didn't take legal action in that case, but the fact remains that the EULA is still effective as long as LucasArts is still around.