Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-69.29.91.129-20141129083917/@comment-3076833-20141207193046

NoviStarsRule wrote:It's the same thing as if someone edited a game and gave it out for free. As long as that supplier doesn't get any profit, it is called "fair use". Nope. That's still illegal because as both me and Adept has pointed out you are using the software in such a way that they did not give you permission to do.

Let's talk about the game example you gave there, imagine you are the game developer, you put your hard work into making that game and because you are so nice you let people play it for free. Imagine someone then decides that your game is no good and needs editting to suit them, they've not only taken your hard work and made a minor change to it but also distributed it and then gains more credit than you do for your game. You try to say "Hey that's not fair! You took the majority of my work and I never told you that you can edit it" but then the person tells you to shut up and goes "It's free so you have no right to complain".

Basically it doesn't matter why you're doing it you shouldn't just take something people put a lot of effort into and edit it without their permission to suit your needs.