That was done....on StarGate

i don't think the issue is whether he copied it or not, it's whether he got permission to copy it or not.  I mean, if you want to look at it as a copyright issue, he might have broken copyright by duplicating so much of kln1.  OTOH, if he told Raven what he was doing ('I'm doing a map for Q3 loosely based on kln1, but with different textures'), and they said it was alright, fine. If Raven doesn't have a problem with it, I don't have a problem with it.  

  I don't think he asked Raven, altho they probably would be fine with this particular port, since it is only the layout, and some brushes that are copies.  He could have done it freehand, I've done similar things myself freehand (none released).

  As far as copying for mods and stuff, well, I don't know about your mods, but I've cheked in with Raven, Activision, AND Paramount about producing Enterprise copyrighted material for EF1, which we are using in the Enterprise NX-01 Mod, and they don't have a problem with it.

  At least, do the courtesy of warning the person you are copying from, so they have a chance to stop you if they want.  

Has anyone emailed Raven to let them know someone loosely copied their .map (or converted  it even)?