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Looks like the Ghostrunner developers also have an issue with paid mods running off their IP.

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[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Where is this theft you’re talking about?

And you can make mods that include 0 code from the original game. It’s actually not difficult. The fact that they modify the game in memory has no bearing on copyright.

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Binary patching has been a thing in the emulator/rom scene for as long as I can remember precisely because it's a means to distribute mods without distributing IP the modder doesn't own. Some of the takes here are absolutely wacko.

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

Yeah, I’m not gonna lie this almost feels like astroturfing. Straight up piracy is seen as more favorable than a mod creator getting paid for their work, it’s nuts.