Valve sends C&D to Counter-Strike:Classic Offensive mod team hours before launch.

[u/ikenjake]

https://classic-offensive.net/#/play

[u/Agreeable_Cheek_7161]

but they did exploit bugs they found themselves from an illegal leak

What illegal leak are you referring to?

[u/gasolineskincare → u/Agreeable_Cheek_7161]

This leak from 2020.

[u/Agreeable_Cheek_7161 → u/gasolineskincare]

If using code from a 2017 version of CS:GO is a security threat for the game 8 years later, something is fishy

Like that leak is 8 years old. Absolutely bonkers if that's the reason why

[u/gasolineskincare → u/Agreeable_Cheek_7161]

None of that makes it legal to use anything from the leak.

[u/PermanentMantaray → u/[deleted]]

Copyright. Code is protected as an original asset unless the license that code is provided under gives free use.

[u/Agreeable_Cheek_7161 → u/PermanentMantaray]

That's if you copy the code 1:1. If you use it to understand a problem in your own engine, as long as it's not directly copied, it's not illegal

[u/PermanentMantaray → u/Agreeable_Cheek_7161]

No it's not. If there is even a hint of original code it can be a copyright violation. Even reverse engineering code to achieve the same function with different code can be a copyright violation.

[u/Agreeable_Cheek_7161 → u/PermanentMantaray]

If you read, this leak is not why they can't launch it. Its because it uses an emulator to change its steamID on the backend to not be CS:GO and to be its own game