Yes, we can go to court and yet again prove that modding is fair use and our actions are legal. Yes, this letter is illiterate both technically and grammatically (really, they don’t even bothered with proof-reading the text). It clearly says, that with OpenIV we “ allow third parties to defeat security features of its software and modify that software in violation Take-Two’s rights“. On June 5th, 2017, we had received an official Cease-and-Desist letter.
Since GTA III, people have created lots of different mods: from simple texture replacements to impressive full conversions.Īnd the modding always was a “ gray zone” - a battlefield between lawyers and PR…įor almost ten years of OpenIV development, we had tried to play as nice as possible and even more: GTA modding had long and glorious history. The day, when GTA modding was declared illegal.
We feared that this day would come… And now it’s here.
