Wrong, Rips are games that use any stole content from anything be it from a GBA game, DS game, PSP game whatever. If it use stolen content without permission it is considered a rip.
Wrong, the term rip as a game itself is only even used here on BYOND, and it refers to games who are just a duplicate of another game's source. You can of course rip material from a game. Most everywhere else, a rip would refer to a pirated version of a game.
He could've, But he didn't. If he got it from a sprite sheet that would still be ripping, As he does not have consent to use them. ;|