Another Pirated CF??

[SIZE=3]The EULA:[/SIZE]
(the one "WE" all HAVE TO agree to when INSTALLING the mod)
Any ADDITIONS after installation of the Mod are irrelevant, including anything in a readme file that you cant read until AFTER installation.

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This is a legally binding agreement between you and the SWAT-PORTAL by installing, copying or otherwise using any of our software products including upgrades, source code and related documentation for any purpose, you are agreeing to be bound by this Licence. If you do not agree with the terms and conditions of this Licence you my not install, copy or otherwise use any of our software.

(1)GRANT OF LICENCE
The Crossfire Mod is protected by copyright laws and international copyright treaties, as well as other intellectual property laws and treaties. Our Software is licenced, not sold. You are not permitted to install or use Our Software except in accordance with this licence. In consideration of your agreement to the terms of this Licence the SWAT-Portal grants you a non-exclusive right ('Licence') to install and use our Software as permitted by this Licence.

YOU ARE PERMITTED:
1.1 to use the Crossfire Mod only in combination with the original Freelancer Game.
1.2 to make a back-up copy of our Software in support of your permitted use of our Software provided you label the back-up copy with the SWAT-Portal copyright notice - any other copies of the whole or any part of Our Software are unlawful.
1.3 to use Our Software for your personal use or in your business or profession - permitting unauthorised access to, copying or use of Our Software is a breach of this Licence.

YOU MAY NOT PERMIT OR ALLOW OTHERS TO:
1.4 install, use or copy our Software except as permitted by this Licence.
1.5 transfer or assign or sub-licence Our Software or this Licence on a permanent or temporary basis to any other party.
1.6 sell, distribute, rent, loan, lease, sub-licence or otherwise deal in Our Software.
1.7 alter, adapt, merge, modify or translate our Software in any way for any purpose, including, without limitation, for error correction.
1.8 remove, change or obscure any product identification or notices of proprietary rights and restrictions on or in Our Software.
1.9 copy or distribute the documentation accompanying our Software except as reasonably required for internal use.

(2)TERM & TERMINATION
2.1 This Licence will continue until terminated. You may terminate it at any time by destroying or returning to the SWAT-Portal our Software together with all copies in any form.
2.2 This Licence to use our Software will terminate immediately if you fail to comply with any of its terms.
2.3 Upon termination of this Licence for any reason you will destroy our Software together with all copies in any form, including copies on your hard and back-up disks.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD THIS LICENCE AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS

NOTE: Microsoft and Digital Anvil does hold all rights on the game engine, the original models and all other content of the original game Freelancer.
The Crossfire Mod does only extent the original game and is a non commercial product created for the fans of the original game.
This Mod does contain models greated by several other Mod creators. The SWAT-Portal does hold all neccessary permissions to use these models and proper Credits to the original authors have been given.
The SWAT-Portal and the Crossfire development team do not have the right to grant permission to use these models in other projects.
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Mr SWAT-OP man Sir.! [SIZE=3]I AGREE with the EULA[/SIZE]
(and as stated in posts above I have not broken this agreement)

Did you MEAN THIS.?
"The Crossfire Mod does only extent the original game and is a non commercial product created for the fans of the original game."

you simply ignore the previous statements... fine

then ill simply add random key that prevents that ppl can connect to other servers than the authorized

really i dont see a reason to discuss about this any longer if my statements keep being ignored

HONESTLY...Whats the harm?

Making a big fuss over nothing, remember the ONLY reason why we don't play on the main portal is because of the lagg issue, we in this part of the world don't have access to massive bandwidth, in fact New Zealands internet standards are very poor when compared to say Germany.

Now again I can't figure why it is such a big deal...there are many mods for Freelancer out there (granted none quite as good as Crossfire!) and none would create such a fuss as this I'm sure in fact they would be flattered. I'm sure the amdimistrators of the Australasian server mean no disrespect or in anyway depreciate from the efforts of those who create and work to further this great mod. In fact I'm sure the Admins would take every means to abide by the creators wishes so that the integrity of main Swat portal community and modded software is kept intact, why such emphasis on the negative?

Look I want to play this mod in multiplayer, I can't play and enjoy the mod in laggy Swat just not a done thing, so I search on the servers menu for an alternative, there we go Australasian server and yes a low ping I CAN PLAY, wonderful! Now to read the creator is anal as wont share is toys, it is very childish and selfish, especially an old game like a Freelancer. One way or other I'm playing this with my friends!

As far as I was concerned the game (freelancer) is a commercial product of Microsoft and I doubt any copyright can be applied to the modification of said product, (I will email some peeps in microsoft and send them relevant details so I can confirm this(and I will)) I would like to see how this could stand up in court...In New Zealand

Ok maybe a solution; increase the mains server's upstream to 100 mbit or even better comon you people in that part of the world it shouldn't be an issue, that way our ping with the Portal should be in the range of at least playable...unless you don't care to have a true international feel?

Oh by the way 128kb/s-512kb/s is our standard for upsteam whats yours?

Sublite

1. you can call it whatever you want... Crossfire was created just for this portal and will stay only for this portal

2. copyright law of 2004 say that the intelectual work of somebody is always copyrighted... that includes the mod
you can go to MS and ask them... you can also go there to tell them not to allow the CF mod any longer... but that does include that all other mods in FL are not allowed aswell
but honestly i believe you wouldnt even get an answer from MS

3. the server is running on a 100mb line and bandwidth has nothing to do with ping