Bearcat
I think I have a better analogy: Imagine you buy something like a car, a TV, a hi-fi system, a computer, etc from a private person on the internet ... You bought it in good faith and are happy about the purchase. But now let us assume it turns out to have been stolen from someone else. According to german law you still had to hand it back to the original owner, despite your lack of knowledge. And you won't be compensated, either.
The fact remains that someone broke into the file protection and unlocked files which weren't supposed to be open. You honestly think any developer would approve this act retroactively by embracing what other people made of it? Wouldn't that be a sign to other folks that "anything goes"? It would certainly set a precedent which could hurt Maddox Games forever.
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