Why can't you use assets in non-commercial standalone games exactly?

[Manganiac]

The laws exist to enfasize a very simple concept.

Intellectual property.

You see, you shouldn't require a law to tell you that using assets that aren't yours is unethical, i.e. it's lacking in the glorious field of moral principles.
Everything else is common sense.

[Corto]

The laws exist to enfasize a very simple concept.

Intellectual property.

 

You see, you shouldn't require a law to tell you that using assets that aren't yours is unethical, i.e. it's lacking in the glorious field of moral principles.

Everything else is common sense.

 

This is the best answer and interpretation of the subject. We shouldn't be discussing if it's legal or not, the spirit of it is that we can't redistribute, for a fee or for free, stuff that we didn't make ourselves. Let's not navigate on the grey zone here.