Pixel says: modding Cave Story is illegal

> Do you allow making mods to Cave Story?
> Many do with a tool called "Cave Editor".
I don't allow.

Pixel said it himself on his website: http://hpcgi2.nifty.com/rochet/bbs/bbs0001.cgi

Guess I`ll remove my mods from the showcase.

 

Hmm. Interesting...

You have to wonder why this hasn't been brought up before.

Also, what happens now?

 

It hasn't been brought up before because he never directly commented on it.

 

It hasn't been brought up before because he never directly commented on it.

In what, 6 years?

 

It was a mixed message - here's what actually happened http://www.cavestory.org/forums/threads/2056/

 

It was a mixed message - here's what actually happened http://www.cavestory.org/forums/threads/2056/

*facepalm*

"I don't allow"

"I didn't say it wasn't allowed"

Well... translation error in at least one is just about the only explanation I can think of.

 

I think GIR translated it manually, since he's learning japanese (or was it landon?).

 

"I didn't say it wasn't allowed" - confusing.
Maybe the word order is mixed up: "Didn`t I say (already) it wasn`t allowed"
Anyways I`m , hope this`ll clear up to our favor even though his English response was direct...
PS. Ask him in English instead of Japanese.

 

Since when does "I don't allow" mean "illegal?"
But still, Pixel has spoken.

 

Pixel's english isn't spectacular, so I think it would be safe to assume that the japanese answer would be more reliable.

 

Anyways the mods are not commercially threatening him in any way. And even the best ones are played by only a slow audience so I don`t think it`ll pay off for him to take legal action even if the "I don`t allow" was correct. I know I won`t support or play mods, just to make sure, until this is cleared up. I`m pretty sure he knows what "don`t" means.

PS. On the second thought, meh, just playing is okies I guess.

 

Pixel has known about mods for a while now, right? It's not like it's some big secret and he's just now finding out?

 

I sort of mistranslated his reply to my original question (I forgot to take into account that it was present tense).

What he basically said.
"I'm not saying it's not allowed."

 

Pixel has known about mods for a while now, right? It's not like it's some big secret and he's just now finding out?

Yeah, and an earlier question was asked where he more or less said he's played like one or two mods. I would guess that he doesn't support it but neither does he forbid it.

 

Guess modding is "legal" again, here`s the exact translation of what Pixel said by a native Japanese speaker:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110123121816AAyrLxe Yeehaaw

 

Hooray for legalness!

 

Well this thread went places