> just because they won't do anything now does not mean it is legal to redistribute it without their consent
replyI don't think the parent comment is claiming it's legal, other than the (unlikely) chance that this is licensed, just that it's up to Valve to enforce and not really our concern. A lot of cool things (like the similar https://noclip.website/) are prima facie copyright infringement.
> we can't know if it's illegal or not
replyI think we can.
We can guess this is unlicensed, and likely be right, but whether it gets taken down is up to Valve.
replyAnd I think we don't care.
reply> Why would you expect Valve to be in discussions with a 15 year old to redistribute the game for free?
replyBecause projects like this are free publicity and don't actually compete with the product sold on Steam.