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by SCHiM 1897 days ago
The code runs on your machine. You do not own the game, the idea behind the game or the logic, but you do own the copy of the game on your machine.

You can read and change your copy, regardless of what the ToS says. The owner of the game can retaliate, this is not law after all.
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Ygg2 1897 days ago
Sure, but if you do it alone, on your computer and not tell anyone, no one from Paradox is going to harass you about it.

Moment you start open sourcing someone's game behind their back, is when they get defensive.

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afiori 1897 days ago
I believe this might be forbidden by the DMCA
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dllthomas 1896 days ago
IIUC, changes that circumvent encryption intended to control access to copyrighted materials would be forbidden by the DMCA; other changes would not. I suppose we could say the game itself envisions the rules by which we're intended to access its content, but if there's no encryption being circumvented I think the DMCA still doesn't apply. That said, I'm now curious how it defines encryption.
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