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steam store listing?

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on0bi:
there a already a bunch of mods listed in the steam store. why isn't ge:s one of them?

Jonathon [SSL]:
We're just barely slipping by all the different intellectual copyrights associated with James Bond/Rare/EA/Activision/MGM/Microsoft/Nintendo/etc by remaining a completely free of charge, self-promoting, self-distributing, fan-created mod. Most vendors are afraid to touch us in either distribution or advertising because of all the different ways we could be sued if we ever start to make any sort of money off of anything in the mod. This means that digital distribution platforms like Steam/Desura or others will never support us.

Wake might come along with a better answer.

on0bi:
ah, that's a shame. it's not a problem to the files from elsewhere. i just forget to check for updates sometimes and would definitely love for ge:s to stay up to date with everything you give us

jjmusicnotes:
well, is it completely unreasonable to write the companies and ask them for permission?

Konrad Beerbaum:
"It is better to seek forgiveness than to ask permission".  If we ask them, and they say "no, in fact, cease and desist", we'd pretty much have to take down the mod and the project would be shut down.  If they said yes, then we'd be right back to where we are right now.  And we'd have to get yes's from 3 different companies, which the odds are against.

We are treading a very thin line, and we don't want to step over it.  Everyone is cognizant of the fact that we could pretty much be shut down at any time. 

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