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发表于 2015-7-9 08:16:03
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首先請你注意兩點:其一, Userpatch 1.4 版並非「我們」或翔鷹的製作;其二,前帖已述微軟默許 Userpatch 存在。
關於版權問題,製作 Userpatch 以至其他模組或民間補丁嚴格來說都是違約及侵權行為。 Age of Empires II: The Conquerors 的最終用戶許可協議包括以下兩條:
Limitations on Reverse Engineering, Decompilation, and Disassembly. You may not reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the SOFTWARE PRODUCT, except and only to the extent that such activity is expressly permitted by applicable law notwithstanding this limitation. COPYRIGHT. All title and copyrights in and to the SOFTWARE PRODUCT (including but not limited to any images, photographs, animations, video, audio, music, text, and “applets” incorporated into the SOFTWARE PRODUCT), the accompanying printed materials, and any copies of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT are owned by Microsoft or its suppliers.
Userpatch 的設計過程毋庸置疑牽涉到程序反編,可以視為違反與微軟的協議,同時也可以說已經侵犯知識產權,因此微軟絕對有權要求對 Userpatch 設計者停止使用產品以及追討一切潛在損失。不過,嚴格來說,各種民間模組或民間補丁其實與 Userpatch 違反了相同事項(比如你不久前發表的:https://www.hawkaoe.net/bbs/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=120699),因為它們都破解及修改了遊戲內附的 *.dat 、 *.drs 、 *.slp 等檔案,所以各模組和民間補丁設計者一樣屬於侵權、違約,可是當年負責開發遊戲的 Ensemble Studios 卻有公開支持《Rome at War》模組的先例,加上現時高清版又已經分別放棄 *.drs 打包以及容許 STEAM 工坊上傳 *.dat 、 *.slp 檔,真要打上法庭微軟也得先解決這些不利前提與矛盾措施。
接著,不考慮反編、破解、修改等問題,使用任何外部工具或「民間補丁」實際也是在違反用戶協議(例如你早前發表的秘籍輸入器:https://www.hawkaoe.net/bbs/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=120702),因為《Age of Empires II: Age of Kings》的最終用戶許可協議行文是這樣寫的:
The software is licensed, not sold. This agreement only gives you some rights to use the software. Microsoft reserves all other rights. Unless applicable law gives you more rights despite this limitation, you may use the software only as expressly permitted in this agreement. In doing so, you must comply with any technical limitations in the software that only allow you to use it in certain ways. You may not
• work around any technical limitations in the software;
• reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the software, except and only to the extent that applicable law expressly permits, despite this limitation;
• make more copies of the software than specified in this agreement or allowed by applicable law, despite this limitation;
• publish the software for others to copy;
• use the software in any way that is against the law;
• rent, lease or lend the software; or
• use the software for commercial software hosting services.
鑑於《征服者入侵》資料片並不可能獨立運作,所以用戶實際必然同時接受紅版《帝王世紀》這些規定,而當中提到了禁止「work around any technical limitations in the software」,並且是與各種反編行為並列同一條內,故此亦算是違約(但沒侵犯版權),而微軟按理有權禁止使用這類工具、補丁的用戶繼續運行遊戲,箇中道理與現時線上遊戲封禁作弊玩家相類似。
因此,簡單的答案是:
=設計 Userpatch 與其他改動遊戲內附檔案的 MOD 、民間補丁屬違約兼侵權;
=使用 Userpatch 與其他繞過程序技術限制的 MOD 、民間補丁、外部工具屬違約,但不侵權;
=設計外部工具既不違約亦不侵權(例如 Ykkrosh 的 GeniEd2 、本人的 Genied2 強化版與 Genied1 for AoK 、StSB77 的 Advanced Genie Editor 、DigiT 的 AoK Trigger Studios)-儘管設計者自己沒可能不使用它們。
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