Urban Terror Code Stolen

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Posted by timothy on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @01:23AM from the et-tu-b1nary-th1ef? dept.

New submitter herbalt writes "The code of the free FPS game Urban Terror (a standalone game based on a Quake 3 mod), has been stolen. The development team, Frozen Sand, at first stated their Git Repository had been hacked, but later issued an announcement stating the perpetrator of the leak was a member of the development team. Frozen Sand also states they have found chat logs indicating there had been 'a plot to get B1naryTh1ef to steal the code so they could sell Urban Terror under a different name on Steam.'"

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Re:Well what do you know.... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-20 01:29 · Score: 1, Funny

even weirder is that B1naryTh1ef would be stealing the source code.
Poor choice of name by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-20 01:30 · Score: 5, Funny

If you call yourself "B1naryTh1ef", and then steal the source, that just indicates a general sloppiness of character. Sheesh.
1. Re:Poor choice of name by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-20 01:33 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  That's why he chose that name. Nobody would expect B1naryTh1ef of planning to steal source code.
2. Re:Poor choice of name by CanHasDIY · 2013-08-20 02:34 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  That's why he chose that name. Nobody would expect B1naryTh1ef of planning to steal source code.
  In that case, maybe he should have called himself TheSpan1sh1nqu1s1t1on...
  
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Re:Well what do you know.... by schneidafunk · 2013-08-20 01:38 · Score: 1, Funny

Agreed. That's the real kicker, the "hacker's" note that he left behind said it was to open source it, but in reality he was just trying to sell it. FTA:

umad?
turns out u guys dont own us
the community fights back
we wont take your s***
u ban us from ur game
u hide your codes
u run
stop
its time for the community to take over
you let idiots like elf and raider run your servers and you expect security
you expect me to run away from a home ipd box
i lold.
you wont figure out how i got in
you wont rid yourselfs of me
guess what happens next
you loose control
no more dictatorship
no more closed source
only community
only success
no more fs
goodbye fs
we wont miss you

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Re:Stolen or copied by Russ1642 · 2013-08-20 01:44 · Score: 4, Funny

Copyrightinfringement. There. No spaces, like German. Is that alright with you?
Re:Well what do you know.... by operagost · 2013-08-20 01:45 · Score: 5, Funny

Well, that was literate. Any attempt to match wits with such an individual would be foolhardy.

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Re:Well what do you know.... by rwise2112 · 2013-08-20 01:48 · Score: 5, Funny

even weirder is that B1naryTh1ef would be stealing the source code.
Yeah, that's clearly a job for S0urceTh1ef!

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Re:Well what do you know.... by Captain+Sarcastic · 2013-08-20 01:55 · Score: 4, Funny

Well, that was literate. Any attempt to match wits with such an individual would be foolhardy.
"Clearly, he has a dizzying intellect."

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Re:Well what do you know.... by Hypotensive · 2013-08-20 02:57 · Score: 1, Funny

Trying to sell something that can be got for free is unlikely to be highly profitable.