Update - 11/01/2024, 11:55 AM UTC: The GitHub repository has been restored now. Hopefully this won't happen in future, considering as noted below, GSC Game World actually gave it their blessing to be used. And thanks to the take-down, even more people now know about it. From the reversal notice, GitHub stated clearly after a review it was a fraudulent take-down.
Original article below:
OpenXRay is an improved cross-platform version of the X-Ray Engine, which is the original game engine used in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game series by GSC Game World. However, it seems a bad actor got it taken down from GitHub.
Currently the GitHub page notes "Repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown" and the DMCA can be read here, which is claimed to be from "Anti-Piracy Protection" on behalf of GSC Game World.
However, on X (formerly Twitter), the official GSC Game World account noted it wasn't their doing, and that "Open X-Ray is totally allowed to be used as a modbase" and that they're dealing with "a wave of false claims caused by our position recently":
So with that in mind, hopefully GitHub will reinstate it and prevent this from happening again from the same people trying to cause issues for them. It's also nice to see, at least according to who is posting on their social account, that they have no problems with people using OpenXRay considering it's based on leaked code.
The code has been out so long now, and used by so many for such old games, it would have been pretty strange to only now go after it. Especially since it requires data files from the original games to run, so people still need to buy the games to use OpenXRay.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Quoting: TermyAnother example of the idiocy of the whole DMCA-Bullshit...
Fortunately, idiocy is not too common in our society… Oh wait!
Quoting: skaplonAbuse of the DMCA system should be double-punishedIt would be nice it it was punished at all...
Quoting: skaplonAbuse of the DMCA system should be double-punishedWelllll, the DMCA was written with abuse in mind, so that might defeat the purpose . . .
Quote"I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in this notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner, or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed."But sadly, there is no enforcement if that turns out to be a lie.
robertosf92 Jan 10
Quoting: anthI assume their position which causes false claims is their ties to Ukraine, or have they been involved in some scandal I've not noticed?
I was about to ask exactly the same thing. I have no idea what they are talking about.
BlackBloodRum Jan 10
This stops undesirable peasants from using the work in an unauthorised manner or with bad intent starving the original authors from their rightful money.
If anything, we need to extend copyright law and make it stricter to protect peoples work. The recent example of Michael Mouse going public domain and the abuse it has since been subject to is a perfect example of why copyright law needs to be extended.
We should also extend and alter our patent laws to make protecting our ideas simpler. If we have an idea, we need to be able to protect that idea, whether or not we ourselves are able to execute our idea.
We need to extent patent law to be as long as, if not longer than copyright law.
In addition, we need to be able to backdate copyright and patent claims to make claims for cases of infringement that occurred during the time the patent or copyright was active, even if the breach is only discovered years later.
To help ensure people are correctly compensated, copyright/patent breaches need to be immediately liable for compensation, without the need of a court.
Overall, while the current system works to a point, it needs to become much stricter.
Last edited by BlackBloodRum on 10 January 2024 at 10:18 am UTC
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