shacknews.com— John Carmack has confirmed that the Quake 3 engine will be released under the GPL in a matter of 7 days. The announcement was made at the 2005 QukeCon.
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Isn't HL1 actually QuakeWorld source and some Q2?. QW would still count as Q1 as far as I'm concerned but it still had a few differences (Obviously in network code).
I am still completely in love with Soldier of Fortune 2, an FPS based on Q3... i still play like one map a day and LOVE it, even after 3 friggin yearsSo yeah, great news here
Uh, I would in no way compare ID with MySQL AB. In the case of MySQL, everything starts GPL and is released that way from day one. The bleeding edge code is GPL and available to download. That's not nearly the same as keeping the source closed and proprietary for 5+ years until all the licensing money runs out and THEN releasing the source.
To add to Rhomboid's post, the GPL doesn't forbid anyone from using GPL'd code in a commercial product. You just have to provide the source and any modifications to that source along with your binaries and you're hunky dory in the eyes of the law.
sharkyAug 13, 2005Submitter
Er, I meant QuakeCon.
kajeAug 13, 2005
Half-Life is built on the Quake engine. Not the Quake 2 engine.
generalleoffAug 13, 2005
hmm I just re checked that. Hexen II is GPLed but all the source port devs told me it was not. So NM about that one.
generalleoffAug 13, 2005
Isn't HL1 actually QuakeWorld source and some Q2?. QW would still count as Q1 as far as I'm concerned but it still had a few differences (Obviously in network code).
topaz420Aug 13, 2005
I am still completely in love with Soldier of Fortune 2, an FPS based on Q3... i still play like one map a day and LOVE it, even after 3 friggin yearsSo yeah, great news here
tsuroerusuAug 13, 2005
This is just awesome! :DI think people are gonna start porting Quake 3 to every single operating system (FreeBSD, NetBSD......)
rhomboidAug 13, 2005
Uh, I would in no way compare ID with MySQL AB. In the case of MySQL, everything starts GPL and is released that way from day one. The bleeding edge code is GPL and available to download. That's not nearly the same as keeping the source closed and proprietary for 5+ years until all the licensing money runs out and THEN releasing the source.
pacobellAug 13, 2005
To add to Rhomboid's post, the GPL doesn't forbid anyone from using GPL'd code in a commercial product. You just have to provide the source and any modifications to that source along with your binaries and you're hunky dory in the eyes of the law.