Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun free to download

Re:Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun free to download by roschdal on Monday February 15, 2010 @01:29PM (#1127154)

Great game. If only they could release the game under a GPL license as well. That would be a great way for open source developers who want to learn from the code, and possibly improve the original game.

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Re:Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun free to download by dantheman on Monday February 15, 2010 @01:52PM (#1127206)

Then they won't be able to port it to new platforms and sell it again.

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Re:Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun free to download by dmaz on Monday February 15, 2010 @01:54PM (#1127210)

John Carmack did just this with Wolfenstein on the iPhone.

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Re:Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun free to download by Batsu on Monday February 15, 2010 @02:10PM (#1127242)

Since I wasn't sure what you were referring to, I looked it up. Wolfenstein 3D was ported to the iPhone and open sourced, then sometime later was put on the App Store.

http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/45679/John-Carmack-Release...

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Re:Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun free to download by ido on Monday February 15, 2010 @01:56PM (#1127217)

Are you comparing Id to EA?

Totally different corporate cultures.

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Re:Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun free to download by euccastro on Monday February 15, 2010 @02:07PM (#1127231)

No, he's not. He's saying that if id did it it can be legally done.

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Re:Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun free to download by racy_rick on Monday February 15, 2010 @03:01PM (#1127338)

I'm sure it is a licensing issue. If they had agreements for the models or the sound files they'd have to pay those people. I think doom was released without the original sound files. Perhaps that was quake.

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Re:Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun free to download by euccastro on Monday February 15, 2010 @07:00PM (#1127899)

It was not a licensing issue that prevented id game assets from being released. Carmack wanted to share the technology, the knowledge, so others could learn from it and improve on it. Letting people play doom/quake for free was not the purpose at all.

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Re:Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun free to download by pmjordan on Monday February 15, 2010 @06:40PM (#1127872)

I very much doubt that. Generally, either the publisher or (sometimes) the developer owns it all. In the case of EA, those entities are the same. I can't see EA open-sourcing anything, ever, though.

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Re:Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun free to download by tedunangst on Monday February 15, 2010 @04:10PM (#1127509)

Are the Wolfenstein graphics and sound files freely available too?

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Re:Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun free to download by Luc on Monday February 15, 2010 @04:25PM (#1127548)

No, the data files are copyright by Id. The game is still for sale, e.g. on the 3D Realms website.

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