JASS Theft?

[Vosty]

I am kinda worried about this new Galaxy language.
I am worried that all these "Thieves" will take all our prized scripts (Like TimerUtils for instance) and make them into Galaxy, where they will steal credit.
Is there anyway we can shield ourselves from them, besides jsut ramming in and demanding forgery?

 

[HINDYhat]

I've honestly been trying to answer this thread since yesterday, but I'm at a loss for words. Honestly, I have no idea what to say.

There shouldn't be an issue about thieves stealing scripts though... I mean come on, as if a script even belonged to you. Besides, Jass and Galaxy aren't the only scripting languages in the world. Most scripts are just clever applications of certain algorithms. Fuck... really I don't know what to say, this is difficult. lol

 

[Reaper2008]

They could also make it in C++/Java and pass it as their own in gamedev.net or whatever. There's nothing you can do about it, unfortunately.

 

[Yixx]

Why worry about it? Yeah you might not get the credit for it you would get otherwise, but think positively: The script is actually WORTH converting to Galaxy! That must mean something!

 

[Dr Super Good]

vosty, this is pointless...

Firstly SC2 and WC3 are TOTALLY DIFFERENT. SC2 does not even use JASS and probably half the scripts for WC3 will have native support in SC2 or not be needed. Secondly the scripts are hardly prized, I mean atmost a few hundred lines of code means shit all and take atmost a few days to make, now if it was 20 thousand lines, that would be more major but honestly the makers will not give a shit if that occurs as they will have to retype it all anyway for SC2 syntax is different from WC3.

 

[Vosty]

Why worry about it? Yeah you might not get the credit for it you would get otherwise, but think positively: The script is actually WORTH converting to Galaxy! That must mean something!

Yeah I guess. Jsut barge in where you find it and just ask.

vosty, this is pointless...

Firstly SC2 and WC3 are TOTALLY DIFFERENT. SC2 does not even use JASS and probably half the scripts for WC3 will have native support in SC2 or not be needed. Secondly the scripts are hardly prized, I mean atmost a few hundred lines of code means shit all and take atmost a few days to make, now if it was 20 thousand lines, that would be more major but honestly the makers will not give a shit if that occurs as they will have to retype it all anyway for SC2 syntax is different from WC3.

I thought they both said they were C-like languages, so converting them will not be extremely hard.
I guess we can't really do anything, but be positive, and copy it to Galaxy first.

Someone can close this, I just realized this is a bad idea. =D

 

[Dreadnought[dA]]

This is so stupid. You want to try and patent JASS script? I wrote a recycle script long before one was ever posted here, yet I get no credit.

 

[Vosty]

^^
No, just trying to see if we can still have some dignity left after starcraft kicks us in the nuts.

 

[Dreadnought[dA]]

^^
No, just trying to see if we can still have some dignity left after starcraft kicks us in the nuts.

Dignity? WTH are you talking about? Starcraft 2 is going to be great for the modding community in every way.

 

[Coolty44]

Its not like scripts arn't stolen. I mean, come on, theres probably hundreds of TimerUtils copys floating around with modified credits. Its just something you have to deal with...

 

[Vosty]

Dignity? WTH are you talking about? Starcraft 2 is going to be great for the modding community in every way.

I don't know if it will help this one, unless it suggests new Jass methods (Not to be confused with struct methods) that we can use.

 

[Linaze]

As long as there is TimerUtils and such scripts for SC2, I don't care who makes them.

 

[Na_Dann_Ma_GoGo]

Also the real community that actually cares about who did all that stuff knows the real author anyway

 

[Vosty]

ANNNNDDDDDD
I just realized that most things (Even TimerUtils) are just copies of C++ or Javscript just converted to Jass.
Jesus, please close thsi useless monster I have created.