Re: Quake 2 sources GPL'd
On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 11:06:11AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote:
> So if I create a game with _no_ levels, but the tools to create them,
> then is it none-free? Just because the only ones available are non-free,
> doesn't preclude that it is possible to create your own. The engine has
> much more uses than just to play games (as the README in the source
> says, also for educational purposes).
>
The problem is that even if you made levels for it, the game would still
be useless. You would still need new models for all the
objects/players/weapons, new textures and sprites for everything, etc.
An entire new game world is what is needed. Perhaps there are people in
the Free software community willing to begin a project to replicate the
Quake II data under the GPL?
- k
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copyleft (c) 2001, Kyle McMartin
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