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| Author | mods please dissipate a doubt about scripts |
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Hello,
let me put a foreword: this question is not a complain, nor a flame against a player i don't even know.
It's a pure question that came to my mind when reading another thread.
I had it posted there, but the author rightfully asked not to have the discussion in that part of the forum. So here it is.
A script is being run to collect informations and statistics over the server, that will later be sold to players for game gold. Is this something that can be done?
The question is turned to moderators, because I want an official answer.
Arguments so far went saying that this service is similiar to Litwin statistics; but those are a free for all service, not a paying one.
Rules are also not covering properly this matter, as on one side they forbid software and scripts advertising (as a website is), but on the other they allow game-related services.
Please "normal" players keep away from this thread. I want a moderator's answer (of course some smarties will still answer, but..) | This is a 3 part question.
1. Is it legal to run a script to collect statistics from the server?
I have no answer to that.
My own interpretation of the rules is - no.
It is my understanding that Litwin's statistic collection was explicitly approved by the admins. An unapproved statistic collection would be illegal.
2. Is it legal to sell information collected by a statistic script to players.
The answer to this is - yes.
This is based on what is written in the rules and what Arctic told me.
3. Is it legal to advertise such a service on lordswm forums.
The answer to this is - no.
This is also based on the rules. Unless the admins explicitly approve the sight, he should not advertise it. | Advertisement of external scripts isn’t welcome here because of the fact that we can’t check each and every script for its reliability and safety. More than that, when a certain IP address overloads our servers with requests it might be banned.
You are free to use that script at your own risk, although you are _not_ allowed to advertise it and/or sell it as well as you are _not_ allowed to sell the statistical results generated by this script within this game. | | closed by Empire (2012-03-17 19:34:37) |
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