[quake3] Re: non-cheatable game

Ian Kumlien pomac at vapor.com
Wed May 16 16:26:23 EDT 2007


On ons, 2007-05-16 at 16:12 -0400, Chris Bunting wrote:
> Hello,
>  
> There are 2 Quake 3 related games that I know about that are based on
> ioquake3.
>  
> http://www.urbanterror.net/news.php Urban Terror has anti-cheating
> (BattleEye) incorporated into it and it's based on ioquake3..
>  
> How exactly is this not doable?
>  
> Games like Urban Terror from what I understand, must release the
> source code as per the GPL from ID Software but there is no source
> available on their site so I'm guessing UT paid the $10,000 for the
> private license to offer this free game?

But does that apply to code that other programmers has worked on in good
faith and contributed to under the gpl?

-- 
Ian Kumlien <pomac () vapor ! com> -- http://pomac.netswarm.net
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