Personally I'm a developer coming from a predominately open source world (web development). So here's my philosophy. Map makers/modders/etc. did not make Starcraft 2. They/we don't own it nor the rights to it nor have the ability to sell maps or mods to make money. IF Blizzard wanted us to make money, they'd have a market and there'd be a good protection system in place. So those who were interested in keeping their maps secure because they were going to make money, they could. However, that's just not the case.
So I believe in open source.
Especially in a situation like this. The very first game I ever modded was Duke Nukem and I freely distributed the mod. There wasn't exactly "map info" to get credit for it so it was just a text file and as it got adapted, people kindly attributed proper authors...To the best of their knowledge at least.
So that said. I think it sucks for someone to take credit for a mod or map. I think people should accredit the original authors.
I'm also a graphic design so I completely sympathize with creative credit.
However, there isn't really anything that can be done and just because someone has their map/mod "stolen" (again, technically there's no ownership other than creative ownership) doesn't mean everyone should stop sharing. Open source is good. SHARE. ...Just accredit too and thank too.
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Personally I'm a developer coming from a predominately open source world (web development). So here's my philosophy. Map makers/modders/etc. did not make Starcraft 2. They/we don't own it nor the rights to it nor have the ability to sell maps or mods to make money. IF Blizzard wanted us to make money, they'd have a market and there'd be a good protection system in place. So those who were interested in keeping their maps secure because they were going to make money, they could. However, that's just not the case.
So I believe in open source. Especially in a situation like this. The very first game I ever modded was Duke Nukem and I freely distributed the mod. There wasn't exactly "map info" to get credit for it so it was just a text file and as it got adapted, people kindly attributed proper authors...To the best of their knowledge at least.
So that said. I think it sucks for someone to take credit for a mod or map. I think people should accredit the original authors. I'm also a graphic design so I completely sympathize with creative credit.
However, there isn't really anything that can be done and just because someone has their map/mod "stolen" (again, technically there's no ownership other than creative ownership) doesn't mean everyone should stop sharing. Open source is good. SHARE. ...Just accredit too and thank too.