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Classic Shooters Heretic and Hexen Released Under GPL

Posted by Soulskill on from the giblets-want-to-be-free dept.

phanboy_iv writes "Fans of both of the Raven classics, Heretic and Hexen, have been trying for almost a decade to convince Raven Software to release engine source code for the games under the GPL, much like the DOOM engine on which both of them are based. Well, they finally did it! Source code is available at Sourceforge. Both of these games have had the source available for a while, but under a restrictive license that hindered ports and modifications. Now, thanks to dedicated fans, that's no longer a problem."

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  1. Re:Not needed anymore? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    From T(tiny)FA:

    This release is of monumental importance, as it will allow GPL Doom source ports to freely integrate support for Heretic and Hexen without requiring the code to be rewritten from scratch or to be emulated through empirical testing. The door is also now open for new ports such as "Chocolate" Heretic and Hexen, and for such ports to be distributed in free software packages.

    I'm not sure if they mean "monumental" in the sense of old tombstones, but there you go.

  2. Re:Don't be so dismissive... by bigstrat2003 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Inverse square root... you mean squaring it?

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  3. Re:And the result... by Barny · · Score: 2, Funny

    Kinda like rule 34 then :)

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