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BREAKING: EA releases C&C source code under GPL3!

peertube.wtf BREAKING: EA releases C&C source code under GPL3!

You read that right. In a staggering move, Electronic Arts (yes, that Electronic Arts) has released the full source code for C&C Tiberium Dawn, C&C Red Alert, C&C Renegate, and C&C ...

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BREAKING: EA releases C&C source code under GPL3!

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I didn't know so someone else might be wondering what GPL3 means.
Anyone can copy, modify and distribute this software.
You have to include the license and copyright notice with each and every distribution.
You can use this software privately.
You can use this software for commercial purposes.
If you dare build your business solely from this code, you risk open-sourcing the whole code base.
If you modify it, you have to indicate changes made to the code.
Any modifications of this code base MUST be distributed with the same license, GPLv3.
This software is provided without warranty.
The software author or license can not be held liable for any damages inflicted by the software.
- For a bit of extra context, points 5,6 and 7 only apply if you distribute the software that is based on the GPL licenced software, if you just use it for your own internal use you dont have any obligations (not really relevant for games but just for additional info).
- That's honestly quite fair.
- So you say we might get new scenarios and stuff?
  
  At a minimum yes.

I.... Huh? I'm fucking flabbergasted. What's the catch? Are they high? Are their lawyers on a teamwork sauna conference for a week? What's going on? This is so fucking unnerving

I said it in another thread, but...
Good guy EA.
It is unlikely I will ever say that sentence again, but I hope they prove me wrong.
- Like I said there, it's not the first time, either. They've already open sourced a bunch of their (actually cool) accessibility tools. I do believe it's the first time they release a game, though, but I'm not sure about that.
  
  That being said, they patented it and it's not open source because they have a clause that let's them block you from using it if they don't like you.
  Patents in videogames are overall gross imo.
  From what I remember, they even patented the little ping selection wheel you find in Apex. EA is shit.

Rare EA W

God damn it, we've jumped timelines again, haven't we? Buckle up.

Being EA, I'm waiting for the monkeys paw to kick in
- You'll still need to buy the games to get the assets legally. EA is just checking if they can offload the modernization of old games they don't want to remake to the community to keep the revenue stream going without having to invest on it.
  It's a win-win situation if it works.
  
  I dont think that is the motivation, they already have modernised versions of these games available on steam.
- Subclause they can inject microtransactions into any derivative works /s

I’m confused, years ago they released the game for free. Then openra came around and built a modern ish game from it. Then they did a remaster and the source code was available. Now they say you can do just about anything you want? How did openra work without this license ?
- OpenRA was written from scratch and just uses the assets from the free game.
  This is the source of the original game

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