My friends and I have been really been wanting to play an older game recently, but unfortunately due to some other stuff involving the developer, the game is kinda in a messy state right now, and several features that we originally enjoyed are gone. I started looking for an uncopylocked version of the game, and possibly found one, though I’m not sure whether it’s from an uncopylocked place, or if it was leaked.
That leads me to ask the question: If there was 0 monetization and the game was specifically set to friend’s only, would modifying and using the leaked code in a game still be a bannable offense? If so, would there be any workarounds?
Just note that I’m by no means trying to steal any assets or property of the original developer, and have no intentions of using the copy I’ve found here unless I know 100% that it is allowed. I’m just wondering if the rules on possibly leaked code still persist even if the game is only accessible to a few select friends.