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Spiral Knights?

IF you guys are able to, could anyone make a portable app of Spiral Knights? It uses Java (This makes it unlikely...), published by Sega and made by Three Rings (Ones who made Puzzle Pirates). The game is free, but unsure if it's open-sourced or whatever. To find the installation file, create an account (free...) and press the Play Now button. Below the Java app, there should be something saying "If this causes technical difficulties, click here to install the game" or something like that. Anyways, the link is www.spiralknights.com.

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??

Am I wrong? looks like an online game? Although free it is released by Sega?

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Yep

Free MMORPG/MMO. Made by Three Rings (Creators of Puzzle Pirates. Again.), published by Sega (If you dunno who this is, you are a idiot), or otherwise released.

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Why thank you

For calling me and idiot, Of course I know who Sega is!

Now as far as the TOS I am concerned with the following

  • Item 5
  • Item 6.1?
  • Item 7.2
  • I guess personally I would feel more comfortable getting permission to distribute from the game site in writing
  • lastly from what I can tell you have to register to download it?

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7.2 is more about third party
  • 7.2 is more about third party content such as artwork, music etc. so no real issues there.
  • 6.1 is the usual freeware stuff, but nothing about "without prior permission from Three Rings", but that doesn't mean they wouldn't give permission.
  • 5 is the really juicy one. It says "to access the Site and to use Spiral Knights only on the Site". Is that just a badly worded preface to 6.13? Or does that mean it is a browser embedded Java app? I've played a few web-based Java games like that.
  • With someone like Sega behind them, definitely in writing, even if they did not insist on it. They have far too much money to throw lawyers at us with.
  • Yeah, no download links. That means while portabilization isn't out of the question (as long as it isn't an embedded Java app), it would have to be hosted on their servers.

I can't really try it out today, but I might sign up tomorrow afternoon and see what's what if no-one else has done it by then.

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i cannot access the site to find the liscense.

so i dont know if its freeware or if its FOSS or is got some special thing in the EULA that would make it imposssible to work with.

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Its definitely not open

Its definitely not open source. Still haven't tried it yet, but I think it's your usual kind of free-to-play game with paid-premium options.

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Yeah

Yeah, it's definitely not open-source. IF you don't want to sign-up, I will be hosting the installation file on my DB (Dropbox).

EDIT:
Ooh, really quick. I already found the file at [Link removed - mod Chris], so it's unneeded on my DB.

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still whats the EULA?

still whats the EULA say?

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It's not going to work

There's no EULA, but this must be something like it:

You agree not to do any of the following prohibited actions:
reproduce, distribute, publicly display or perform, translate, modify, adapt, create derivative works from, deconstruct, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble in any manner Spiral Knights or any portion thereof, including but not limited to any character, graphic, associated software or proprietary communications protocol used by the software or any utilities, applications, emulators or tools derived therefrom;
permit any other person (including but not limited to a former member whose account Three Rings has terminated) to access Spiral Knights, or create or provide any other means through which the Games may be played by anyone besides you (e.g., through server emulators);
upload, post, email or otherwise transmit through Spiral Knights any material that (i) is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable; (ii) you do not have a right to transmit under any law or contractual or fiduciary relationship (e.g., inside information, proprietary information from an employer or confidential information subject to a nondisclosure agreement); (iii) infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other party's proprietary rights; (iv) is unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional material, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation; or (v) contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
harm minors in any way;
impersonate another user or administrator;
forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any materials you or another party transmit through Spiral Knights;
disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to "scroll" faster than other members of the Services are able to type, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other members' ability to engage in real time exchanges;
interfere with or disrupt the Services or servers or networks connected to the Services, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Services;
intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law, including, but not limited to, regulations promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any rules of any national or other securities exchange, including, without limitation, the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ, and any regulations having the force of law;
"stalk" or otherwise harass another; or
collect or store personal data about another member without the express permission of such member.
reveal personal data about another member--including but not limited to personally identifiable information about the member, administrative role of the member within a game, and information about game characters associated with the member--without the express permission of such member.
modify any files or use any game hacking/altering/cheating software or tools, including scripting or macroing software, or attempt to disassemble the game client and/or decipher the data transmissions between Spiral Knights' client and server. These activities will result in immediate termination of the Player's Account and may subject you to civil and/or criminal liability.
engage in any behavior that is contrary to the 'spirit of the game' as defined by Three Rings in its sole discretion. This includes the manipulation of the game environment.
play Spiral Knights on any server or service that is not provided or authorized by Three Rings.

NOT going to happen.

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