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Fair Developer Pledge

Fair Developer Pledge

Closed — 27 supporters Verified

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Disturbing13
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Gamer X.
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Blind D.
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Metal D.
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Started by Anonymous 16 years, 6 months ago
 

I hereby claim that I, (Your Forum Name), have honestly, and with all sincerity pledged to adhere to the following statements.


As a good and mindful developer I promise to never upload or share anything that I myself have not created or have the rights to distribute.


As a creative and thoughtful developer I vow to never download others' work, (commercial or otherwise) without having the rights either purchased or granted to do so.


As a diligent and vigilant developer I will make sure anyone I work with does not allow themselves to let their values be reduced to that of those who commit piracy.


As a caring and reliable developer I agree that illegal activity is never going to complete my dream of game development and therefore I shall abstain from such activities. Period.


As a thankful and courteous developer I will be grateful to anyone who provides assistance or adds to the success of my projects.


I agree with all of the other developers on the list of pledges that piracy is morally wrong, it's illegal, and it's stupid, and as KeithC said: there is NO justifying it.


While I understand that this pledge has no legal binding threshold, I signed this to commit myself to keeping to the good standards set forth by the statements above. The others who have signed this before me, the ones who will sign after me, and I all believe that there is an answer to piracy: moral and ethical restraint. We signed this pledge to do our part.

Sincerely,

(Your Forum Name)

Updates

May 12, 2010

The feedback coming in shows that developers are ready to move past the culture of theft. Use the template on our page to email your local studio heads about adopting these standards today.

May 12, 2010

The momentum behind this pledge shows that our community cares about professional integrity. Post the link on Facebook today to challenge your peers to uphold these standards. Send an email to your local developer group and ask them to sign this commitment to ethical development.

3 Comments

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Dave Stevens
16 years ago Featured

Respect for the craft is key. Glad to see others feel the same way about this.

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Sarah Bello
16 years ago Featured

bout time someone stood up for indie devs. stop stealing our work!!!!

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Mike Mehta
16 years ago Featured

Too many people just steal code instead of learning how to build it themselves. This is a good standard to have for the community.