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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. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    eat my asshole, you fags.

  2. Hurray! by inotocracy · · Score: -1, Troll

    Now we can.. eh, who cares.

  3. Re:just the source? by ILuvRamen · · Score: 0, Troll

    I was gonna say pretty much the same thing. Open sourcing the engine is kinda pointless unless they also give us an already working copy of all the sound files and skins and stuff. I mean yeah someone could probably rip them from the game data but that'll take a long time. And you probably could have just done that already and stuck them in a better engine, although it would be noticeably different.

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  4. Pussy Nazi Sez by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    No pussy for YOU!

  5. Re:just the source? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You're an idiot.

    Seriously.