@[email protected] to [email protected]English • edit-22 days agoEA has open sourced a bunch of old Command & Conquer gamesgithub.comexternal-linkmessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1807arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: hackernewspcgaming
arrow-up1804arrow-down1external-linkEA has open sourced a bunch of old Command & Conquer gamesgithub.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • edit-22 days agomessage-square115fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: hackernewspcgaming
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish35•2 days agoOpen source does not mean that the intellectual property is free. There’s a lot of good that comes from this, and it’s not like those games are expensive.
minus-squareVindictiveJudgelinkfedilinkEnglish11•2 days agoThough do also note that of these four, TD and RA1 were already made freeware years ago.
minus-squareBobby TurkalinolinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 days agoI realize. Intellectual property is an icky concept IMO but I know not everyone agrees
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish15•2 days agoIntellectual property is what allows them to make these games GPL.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-221 hours agoThe GPL is a way to make intellectual property work the way it should by default.
Open source does not mean that the intellectual property is free. There’s a lot of good that comes from this, and it’s not like those games are expensive.
Though do also note that of these four, TD and RA1 were already made freeware years ago.
I realize. Intellectual property is an icky concept IMO but I know not everyone agrees
Intellectual property is what allows them to make these games GPL.
The GPL is a way to make intellectual property work the way it should by default.