Star Wars FPS Mod Gets LucasArts Permission

Posted by simoniker on Monday September 1, 2003 @11:42PM from the these-are-the-enlightened-licensors-you're-looking-for dept.

Thanks to UT2003Troopers.com for the news that their Unreal Tournament 2003 'Troopers' Star Wars-themed mod has been officially approved by LucasArts. This extremely rare step means the previously unlicensed mod is free to enter the Make Something Unreal competition without restriction, and the announcement continues: "The agreement made with LucasArts (after a long period of VERY friendly negotiations) also allows the Troopers Development Team to implement Star Wars assets and content directly from the movies and games. This means that, with the exception of the Star Wars music (which LucasArts doesn't own the rights to, and so therefore could not give us the rights to use), we can use anything we want."

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Re:A question remains... by PainKilleR-CE · 2003-09-02 01:34 · Score: 4, Informative

If you read the article, it mentions that any prizes, except a game engine, will go to charity, which is more than likely a requirement of the license they negotiated with LucasArts.

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