Am I allowed to make a DayZ "about" program for free?

[imagineak 2]

So I was wondering am I allowed to do this:

 

let's say I make a program. In the menu you have options, for an example weapons, clothes, map, animals, crafting, etc. If you click on weapons you get categories, automatic, civilian bla bla. Click on the map you get the map. Well, you get the point.

So am I allowed to make that kind of a program, people could download it for free, and I'd be able to put images from the game into it?

[ryanh 36]

Pretty sure thats a 3rd party program so no

 

edit: thought you meant in the menu in game

Edited October 18, 2014 by RyanH

[fluxley 2228]

Seems like you just described this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.skunkfu.dzcsa&hl=en_GB

[The-MCV- 149]

Don't see why not. There are apps on Google Play, for example, that do this. 

[Accolyte 1727]

This is not really the place to ask. I would ask BIS directly as this is essentially a branding issue.

[kichilron 8550]

Generally if there is no money involved in distributing the app itself and you're not making any money (even if indirectly via advertisement) you are going to be fine.

 

As soon as you're starting to make even the tiniest amount of money with the DayZ Graphics and name you're floating off into legal problems.

[thelonewarrior 886]

Generally if there is no money involved in distributing the app itself and you're not making any money (even if indirectly via advertisement) you are going to be fine.

 

As soon as you're starting to make even the tiniest amount of money with the DayZ Graphics and name you're floating off into legal problems.

 

In a perfect world yes, but to be honest, with all these hackers that pay for hacks in the name of dayz and the people who make money from it, I doubt BI would take you to court anyway

 

Not saying make money from it, but its unlikely anything is going to happen even if you did, it just wouldn't be worth their time to sue you over it

Edited October 19, 2014 by Regulator Lone Warrior

[OrLoK 16187]

Hello there

 

Trust me, its better to seek full permission rather than to assume it will be fine.

 

The BIS guys are not monsters and there's contact info on their main forum.

 

Contact them.

 

Rgds

 

LoK