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[Samurai.mac]

Well I suppose so, I just wouldn't like to have hundreds of maps with the same architectural/texturing style, that's all.

[Lava Croft]

Well I suppose so, I just wouldn't like to have hundreds of maps with the same architectural/texturing style, that's all.

Again, if it's a good map, what's the problem? If it's the 500th maps that looks exactly like the 499 before it, it's not a good map.

[Syntac]

This is certainly worth discussion, but not in a thread whose original topic is almost completely unrelated.

[epsy]

1) It's annoying. They should learn to make their own maps.

if you dont want your maps to be reused, set them on a license which doesnt allow copying
either you want to put it under a free license, knowing what that means, either you don't
you don't make a map free baceause the "free" stamp looks good, that's a really hypocrite behaviour

of course, free as in free speech, not as in free beer

[Zero Ame]

No, they'd be flooding the forums with copies of existing maps, which would be just as annoying.

Exactly my point. The only reason they are decompiling is so they can edit them to be "better" but they don't know how to map in the first place so they are not making anything anyone wants and are probably making such minor edits that you 1) Don't even notice the change 2) Makes the map worse 3)Messes up game play and balance of the map.

If those 'copies' are good maps, then I do not see a problem. A good map is a good map, no matter where it comes from.

The problem is that 1) They didn't ask the map creator if they were ok with it. 2) The maps generally wont be good since they don't know how to map in the first place. 3) They are being lazy noobs.

[epsy]

1) Don't even notice the change 2) Makes the map worse 3)Messes up game play and balance of the map.

..and you did not even notice it

1) They didn't ask the map creator if they were ok with it

that's what licensing is for