[quake3] Re: Greetings

[Russell Valentine]

Anthony J. Benik wrote:
> Erik K. wrote:
>> On 17-4-2008 18:07, Anthony J. Benik wrote:
>>> Just FYI
>>
>> I thought about this some more and have come to the conclusion ...
>> Thanks Anthony.
>>
> 
> No Prob.  Btw, (no offense Tim but) Tim's not an agent of the copyright 
> holder(s) of the q3 engine even if its released under GPL... So from 
> what I can tell ID software would have to sue UrbanTerror if anybody did 
> at all, unlikely because UT is non-commercial (that is if the case fell 
> to the a US jurisdiction (where q3 was made) and I am interpreting 
> correctly).
> 

You are wrong, the modifications the ioquake team has done are not owned 
by ID Software. There are multiple copyright holders, and ID Software is 
"one" of them.