Ed McMillen: Ubuntu Store Sold Super Meat Boy Without Permission, Has Yet To Pay

Post by hdra » Sun, Dec 23, 2012, 11:53 AM UTC

chris_wot wrote: post #4

jacquesm wrote: post #2

Pirates is way too heavy a term here. Canonical is large enough and the issue muddy enough that I don't think this is a warranted accusation. They're also shooting themselves in the foot, instead of coming to some kind of amicable arrangement they've now accused canonical of a serious crime which will lead to a response to that accusation rather than to a solution that would have been beneficial to all parties. If yo…

??? I'd hardly call "sold someone else's game without permission or royalties for a year" a "mistake".

Post by pja » Sun, Dec 23, 2012, 12:02 PM UTC

ma2000 wrote: post #18

While watching the video/trailer for the most recent Humble Bundle, I was put off by the games this time around. The one mentioned in this article for example, looked like a basic Flash game. So as an outsider to this indie gaming world, I can understand why they might have superficially rejected it - it's probably a great game if you give it a chance. Just thought that someone should point this out because the comme…

Post by brador » Sun, Dec 23, 2012, 12:26 PM UTC

ma2000 wrote: post #18

While watching the video/trailer for the most recent Humble Bundle, I was put off by the games this time around. The one mentioned in this article for example, looked like a basic Flash game. So as an outsider to this indie gaming world, I can understand why they might have superficially rejected it - it's probably a great game if you give it a chance. Just thought that someone should point this out because the comme…

Post by smosher » Sun, Dec 23, 2012, 12:57 PM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #2

Pirates is way too heavy a term here. Canonical is large enough and the issue muddy enough that I don't think this is a warranted accusation. They're also shooting themselves in the foot, instead of coming to some kind of amicable arrangement they've now accused canonical of a serious crime which will lead to a response to that accusation rather than to a solution that would have been beneficial to all parties. If yo…

Post by hdra » Sun, Dec 23, 2012, 1:16 PM UTC

smosher wrote: post #27

jacquesm wrote: post #2

Pirates is way too heavy a term here. Canonical is large enough and the issue muddy enough that I don't think this is a warranted accusation. They're also shooting themselves in the foot, instead of coming to some kind of amicable arrangement they've now accused canonical of a serious crime which will lead to a response to that accusation rather than to a solution that would have been beneficial to all parties. If yo…

Pirates is way too heavy a term here. This is for-profit and closer to true piracy than file sharing is. It could be unintentional, but if they've already been contacted about it they really should be quicker to resolve the situation. They're also shooting themselves in the foot, No surprise there, see http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/1641/itsfinetrustme.png for an example of the judgment they've shown.