Who has the Copyright of Profit Reborn ?

Ypselon · #1 01-04-2016, 11:26 AM

The last Update for ProfitUI was on November 2014 ...

Because i played EQ2 now again and love this UI, and there is no more Updates for it, i wrote some Updates by myself.

This means Display for Fervor, Deity Points on XP List and much more. in Short, its now have Terror of Thalumbra functionality.

In the Moment i have give this Change only to my Guild and my Raidcom on Server Valor, also not much PPL, because i not sure about the Changes i made.

But i willing to share this with the Rest of the World, bacuase its for me the Best UI for EQ2.

Perfect where when the New Files are on the Updater, but which Person i need to contact for it ? And its ok when i give the Updates to everyone ?

Maozem · #2 01-04-2016, 12:42 PM

Try posting this question on the profitUI forum found here.

http://www.eq2interface.com/forums/f...splay.php?f=41

If that fails you can probably zip the affected files and post them as a mod. I haven't seen anyone actually claim copyrights to stuff on here but I could be wrong.

I know I would like to see the mods as I have been working on the same thing myself.

Regards Mao

feldon30 · #3 01-04-2016, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Maozem

Try posting this question on the profitUI forum found here.

http://www.eq2interface.com/forums/f...splay.php?f=41

Unless the post was quickly moved, that's where he posted it.

Therendil · #4 01-04-2016, 04:07 PM

I agree that there is probably no reason to worry about copyright issues with ProfitUI. The real issues are practical ones.

No one is officially maintaining the code. The people who know how to send files to the update server are not active and have not passed on that knowledge to those of us who still are active. People can still post links to files that have been updated, but there is no obvious way to integrate those into the official build.

I have done what I can to encourage others to post updated files and I remain available to test proposed fixes, but my medical issues sharply limit the time and energy I have to work on the project. I am not a coder and I don't have the resources to become one now. I do still want to try and have one thread that collects all references to updated files in one place so people can find them without having to rummage all over. And if someone could tell me how to get files to the updater site, I could deal with managing that.

I will continue to use ProfitUI as long as I can and I will do what I can to help keep it going. But I agree that the project will die at some point if we don't find answers to the issues I've mentioned. That would be sad.

-= Therendil =-

feldon30 · #5 01-04-2016, 08:15 PM

If we do not have the information for the official ProfitUI Updater, then we won't be able to go down that avenue. A file repository could be setup to post a complete copy of the latest version of ProfitUI.

Therendil · #6 01-05-2016, 11:25 AM

A file repository would be very helpful. Even if we don't have access to the automated updater, we could maintain some sanity by having a single known place to get the latest files.

-= Therendil =-

feldon30 · #7 01-04-2016, 12:49 PM

Considering how many times ProfitUI has been resurrected, and considering it is all based on the work of the EverQuest II team, I would be shocked if there was an enforceable copyright. I see no reason to worry about that, but plenty of reason to worry about the future of ProfitUI. Just look at the ProfitUI forum. It's chaos. There's no link to download the current ProfitUI.

There is a smattering of updates for ProfitUI Reborn in these two threads, but no unified download package or continuously updated thread with the latest information. The way it is now, ProfitUI is just dying on the vine. Something you have to cobble together and read 50 threads to keep running means only diehards will mess with it.