ampersandrew@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agoEA has open sourced a bunch of old Command & Conquer gamesgithub.comexternal-linkmessage-square116fedilinkarrow-up1846arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1842arrow-down1external-linkEA has open sourced a bunch of old Command & Conquer gamesgithub.comampersandrew@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square116fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareampersandrew@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·1 month agoOpen source does not mean that the intellectual property is free. There’s a lot of good that comes from this, and it’s not like those games are expensive.
minus-squareVindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoThough do also note that of these four, TD and RA1 were already made freeware years ago.
minus-squareBobby TurkalinolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·1 month agoI realize. Intellectual property is an icky concept IMO but I know not everyone agrees
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 month agoIntellectual property is what allows them to make these games GPL.
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoThe GPL is a way to make intellectual property work the way it should by default.
Open source does not mean that the intellectual property is free. There’s a lot of good that comes from this, and it’s not like those games are expensive.
Though do also note that of these four, TD and RA1 were already made freeware years ago.
I realize. Intellectual property is an icky concept IMO but I know not everyone agrees
Intellectual property is what allows them to make these games GPL.
The GPL is a way to make intellectual property work the way it should by default.