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RTS Halo Mod Stopped by Microsoft
Headcase88 writes "Microsoft has officially asked the creators of Halogen to stop development at once. Halogen was an RTS mod being developed by Halo fans for the past three years. From the website: ' I was going to write a big sappy letter here, but what's the point. So..that's it then, I guess. The forums, site, and Moddb profile will all be shut down within the week. I can't say it hasn't been fun. It's a shame it has to end like this, but I suppose that's how it goes. Thanks, guys, for all the time you've spent supporting us. It's been a pleasure. We hate this as much as you do.' "
Too bad Valve didn't do this with Counter Strike, if they did maybe they would still be in business now...
Yeah, can't have competition for the "official" half-assed games.
The Farewell Tour II
Hey... what's that Jake?
These guys are making an RTS Halo Mod, sir.
Gosh... isn't that..?
Yes sir, it's what we call 'a good idea'.
Jake, call the lawyers. This must be stopped at all costs.
They're already on their way, sir.
This is evident in their initial response to the growing open-source movement, which they have now come full circle to "embrace" (not really but they claim to) after failing to squash it's rise.
Of course MS embraces opensource software. Embrace, extend, exterminate. Though I don't think they've got screeching, laser-shooting pepperpots for that last bit...
Justice is the sheep getting arrested while an impartial judge declares the vote void.
You aren't thinking like a corporate lawyer:
"It's our IP. If somebody wants to use it, they should pay us for a license. A lot. If we let somebody use our IP for free, then why should anybody pay us for it? Maybe somebody, someday, would have wanted to pay us to do this, but they won't because we let somebody else do it for free! Or maybe we might want to do it ourselves, but nobody will buy it because it's already been done (probably not, but why risk it when we aren't getting paid?)"