Well, there's a massive difference between Cyan saying "form guilds, organise the community", and them saying "form guilds, organise the community, and while you're at it have a go at hacking our software - see what you can do".

reveal it's future plans and intensions

Thanks for the further clarification Chogon.


Here here. Hack it, and distribute it online without our permission no less. You know they have to hope that one day they can make a profit from the game. This lack of respect for the creators of the game is pitiful. It is their intellectual and creative property and many people have put the heart and soul into it. You have to respect their will to at least manage it in the way they see fit. I want to play again as bad as anyone. I do have an ounce of patience though.

but the dreams are still alive.

Yes, this. Uru is not yours. It's Cyan's. You don't get to act like they've done something horrible for not releasing the code on your timeline.

Using Drizzle for personal, offline use, while officially 'not ok', is unlikely to get you a scolding. Just like using Reveal, or other tools that let you into the nuts and bolts of the games.

But if you start saying that Cyan says it's ok, or that you have the right to do what you want with Uru, and distribute it freely just because Cyan *isn't* doing something when and how you want it? That just stinks.

Makes me hope that "Fundamental Respect For Cyan's IP" becomes a requirement of being a Writer or Maintainer, and people who couldn't be bothered to care are given an invitation to the rest of the world.

Dear Fan Community,

Over the last few years many of you have worked on modifying and manipulating Uru and Uru related products. By doing so you have raised many issues that Cyan now needs to look into. Whether the issue is fan created content to alcugs or your own personal endeavor these are not items we can decide on quickly.

The assumption made by many in the fan community is if Cyan doesn't say anything then they must be okay with it. Don't mistake our silence for approval. These issues need to be discussed in detail on our end to determine where they fall in the big picture.

We have never given anyone permission to hack our engine, make servers with unauthorized data; use our global data, etc.

Any fan created work will be addressed on a personal basis by our legal department. Please contact [email protected].

We have been continually amazed with the persistence you have shown and hope in the future we can work with you. We truly hope this period of planning will be sorted out soon. Unfortunately, the timeline for this is not entirely in Cyan’s control and we will try to update you whenever possible.

At this time I would refrain from releasing or modifying any data until stated from Cyan Worlds Inc. that it is all right to do so.

Thanks for your patience,

Ryan and the team at Cyan

Hey all,

I just wanted to come here and comment on a few things on behalf of Cyan Worlds, Inc. But first off I wanted to say it’s amazing to see what you are doing. Keep trying new things and being creative.

With that said, I'd like to try to nip something in the bud.


Cyan continues to hold out hope for Uru. We hope you guys are all with us in that. The problem is that by using Uru intellectual property (including Age names, characters, textures, models, etc.) you kind of put us in a position where we have to be the bad guy. If we don't protect our copyrights and trademarks, we may have all kinds of issues down the road - both legally and story-wise.


So it would be great if you guys could keep your creative endeavors on the original side of things - i.e. make your ages from scratch using your own wonderful imaginations. That will allow us to maintain the continuity and copyrights for Uru, if we ever get a chance to.


Remember - we named it "Until Uru" for a reason. smile.gif


To give at least one specific example: these lists are not good choices for your Age names... http://www.drcsite.org/ages/ages.shtml , http://www.dpwr.net/archive.php?showcat=7


Hope you guys see this as encouraging rather than discouraging.


Thanks,

Ryan (Greydragon) Warzecha

As i recall form that time Cyan gave the ok to work on stuff but did not give the ok to release it.
there is a big differences between the ok to work on something and release it.

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We began our adaptation without the rights,” says the creators of Drizzle and the offline KI, . “It was risky and unorthodox, but we knew we would prove ourselves to Cyan with a solid blueprint of our vision for the future of Uru