Guns kill and people are prohibited from carrying them around openly, even in countries like the USA. But you can also buy them in almost any country, legally. Even if you are required to get a license first before they can be delivered to you. Gun makers cannot be held liable with what you do with a gun, whether is was legally purchased or not. It is not illegal to manufacture guns, nor to sell them to legal buyers.
It is illegal to copy cd's or movies which are not yours. But Anydvd makes it possible to do just that. They do not copy movies or music for you, they just make it possible.
HB goes beyond that, it not only makes it possible for its customers to circumvent Blizzard's rules (which are no laws, whatever Blizzard may want us to think), it does the same thing as its users. That is its weak point, one the lawyers on both sides will be fighting about.
So, it is seems very simple: HB should not circumvent Blizzard's rules. But how can it do that and still remain in business?
That reminds me of a commercial about bugles many years ago:" how do you make bugles? Very easy! You take a big momma, and she makes the bugles for you! "
So who is the big momma?
In another thread, "The power of user settings", I hinted at the solution. Let HB be a user-defined program where the user fills in all the necessary data to get the bot functioning. That would mean that even meshing would stop being the responsibility of HB. HB provides the infrastructure (the tool to mesh an area), but it is up to the users (and this forum) to do it.
Same with the combat bot: it is after all, just a list of conditions and general behaviors that can easily be put in a database.
So, who is the big momma? HB of course!
It is illegal to copy cd's or movies which are not yours. But Anydvd makes it possible to do just that. They do not copy movies or music for you, they just make it possible.
HB goes beyond that, it not only makes it possible for its customers to circumvent Blizzard's rules (which are no laws, whatever Blizzard may want us to think), it does the same thing as its users. That is its weak point, one the lawyers on both sides will be fighting about.
So, it is seems very simple: HB should not circumvent Blizzard's rules. But how can it do that and still remain in business?
That reminds me of a commercial about bugles many years ago:" how do you make bugles? Very easy! You take a big momma, and she makes the bugles for you! "
So who is the big momma?
In another thread, "The power of user settings", I hinted at the solution. Let HB be a user-defined program where the user fills in all the necessary data to get the bot functioning. That would mean that even meshing would stop being the responsibility of HB. HB provides the infrastructure (the tool to mesh an area), but it is up to the users (and this forum) to do it.
Same with the combat bot: it is after all, just a list of conditions and general behaviors that can easily be put in a database.
So, who is the big momma? HB of course!
