microsoft.com — Microsoft released the Microsoft MechCommander 2 Shared Source, offering everything needed to compile a working version of the 2001 strategy game. It is about 1 GB. See http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11830312 for reasons.
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Closed AccountMar 21, 2006
dugg for the imagery LOLLICE WARS!!!
danielfeMar 21, 2006
The specific license used for the Mech Commander 2 release is pretty much the Microsoft Limited Permissive License which you can find here - <a class="user" href="http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/licensingbasics/limitedpermissivelicense.mspx.">http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/licensingbasics/limitedpermissivelicense.mspx.</a> The only difference is that it also says you can't use "art assets" in any derivative work or otherwise.
villenummiMar 21, 2006
Open source is not only readable source code. There's more about it. Read <a class="user" href="http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php">http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php</a>
mropsMar 21, 2006
hehe, by the time he/she figures out how to make use of his SLI blah 7800 blah by modifying the source code, I bet they will cost less than 30$
colebarnesMar 21, 2006
Looks like it contains the source, assets, VS 2005 project files, etc.Also contains a pre-built binaries, so no need to recompile if you just want to play the game. Includes the game and mission editior.
catcherinthewhyMar 21, 2006
Microsoft Offers their Visual C++ 2005 Express edition for free. Search for it on the MS Website.
wjschneiderApr 5, 2006
Is the older release of the source around anywhere? I would really like to get ahold of that one. Do you know if the currently released version will compile with an older version, say, Visual Studio 97 (which I thought was originally used to create the game) ?
blackadderiiiApr 23, 2006
I'd love to, but God knows what clever tricks Microsoft has in store for anyone who has an agreement with them - people have ended up destitute before through making deals with Microsoft and being unaware of some clever loophole in the legal bumf.I'm not saying everyone's paranoid, but why would they trust to some random license with the possibility of getting screwed when there are faster, newer, cleaner and more portable engines around licensed under the real GPL.Don't get me wrong, I think this is a step in the right direction for Redmond and I commend it, I really do, even if it is kind of a cynical ploy to push a developer's product.Trouble is, people don't tend to get in a sleeping-bag with a scorpion on purpose after they've seen it sting someone else to death, haha.