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Quake 2 Source Code Released Under The GPL

Posted by chrisd on from the thanks-again-john dept.

Masem (and many others) writes: "The source code for Quake 2 is now available until the GPL license. The .plan file for John Carmack has the details." The Id Software site is of course slammed with demand for the code. Hopefully other mirrors will be available.

2 of 371 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Wow, already!? by VALinux · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Now at least I don't have to have a pirated version of QII (*cough*).

    Yes you do, you walking talking dick. As Carmack mentions in his plan, only the engine is GPL, the game-specific data (skins, maps, sounds) are still copyrighted.

    Do you have any idea how much of a dick you look like? "This is great, I like Quake II so much more than Quake or Quake 3. Now that Carmack is giving it away, I don't have to feel guilty about stealing it from him." Way to support the community, piece of shit.

  2. Re:Thanks by oznet · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    If a Q3A mod like Generations or Urban Terror uses the Q2 physics code, does that mean the entire Q3A mod has to become opensourced under the Q2 source GPL?

    Yes, the GPL virus works like that.