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Urban Terror Code Stolen

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Stolen or copied by ardmhacha · · Score: 0, Troll

    If Frozen Sand no longer have the code for Urban Terror then it has been stolen. If they still have the code then it has been copied.

  2. Stolen? Steam? by Seumas · · Score: 0, Troll

    1) It sounds like the code was copied. Still wrong, but "stolen" makes it sound like they can't possibly go on with their project, because they don't have the code they wrote anymore.

    2) I'm sure it would be easy to work with Steam and say "don't accept any games that come through based on XYZ code" in this case. On the other hand, Steam has given very few shits about extremely iffy projects in the past.