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Re:Valve releases Team Fortress 2 game code by jsheard on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @05:01PM (#43095673)
Yes it's source available, not true free software. Kvirani never said it's free software though.
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Re:Valve releases Team Fortress 2 game code by NoahKAndrews on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @06:19PM (#43096399)
I think the point is that you're not legally allowed to borrow its techniques
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Re:Valve releases Team Fortress 2 game code by account42 on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @11:24AM (#43103894)
Something as abstract as "techniques" is in general not copyrightable. Worst case, there is a software patent but that is not something that is granted automatically.
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