[ut3] hey

[robin van ee]

Yeah, I really want to know what that problem was now.

2010/9/10 Ceil <ceil420 at gmail.com>

> My kingdom for Ryan's hard drive! :(
>
> On Sep 10, 2010 1:06 AM, "Keith Z-G" <keithzg at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The exact quote from Ryan about the middleware holding things up (I
> > found it via google because I remembered one of the exact phrases he
> > said, and then just searched for exactly that and "Ryan Gordon").
> >
> >
> http://mandrivausers.org/index.php?/topic/43994-ut-3-for-linux/page__view__findpost__p__335129?s=5a35f00fa3cde4967f5f84b1ef913102
> >
> > Here's the text of the post for those lazy / for future reference:
> >
> > ===================================================
> >
> > Posted 21 November 2007 - 04:15 PM
> >
> > sorry but ... linux version of UT3 maybe not on this year
> >
> > While hanging out on IRC, I asked the big question of the day, "Has
> > anyone heard from Icculus on the UT3 server or client?" Here's the
> > dialog that resulted from the question:
> >
> > <icculus> it's stuck in legal
> > <augustus> Legal? Seriously? Have you had legal involved in previous
> games?
> > <icculus> Not like this, no
> > <icculus> There's some issues with middleware
> > <augustus> so is the hold-up indefinite?
> > <icculus> augustus: not indefinite
> > <icculus> augustus: the politics should be worked out for the server
> > soon, I'm removing the offending piece of code.
> > <augustus> icculus: And the client?
> > <icculus> augustus: that's going to take somewhat longer
> > <augustus> icculus: From the sound of it, there is no ETA then?
> > <icculus> augustus: I'm not committing to one
> > <augustus> icculus: I understand. Seems like it's quite out of your
> hands.
> > <icculus> If I told you what the specific problem is, you wouldn't
> believe me
> > * icculus declines to say more. :)
> >
> > And, while I had his attention, I had to ask: "Are you doing a Gears
> > of War port?"
> > <icculus> augustus: for Mac OS X, yes.
> > <augustus> icculus: Linux no then?
> > <icculus> augustus: There's something about a Linux port that the
> > Gears publisher doesn't like...can't quite put my finger on it...
> > <augustus> icculus: I was afraid of that.
> > <augustus> icculus: Funny that Mac isn't a competitor but Linux is.
> > <icculus> I don't speak for Microsoft, but I assume it's just company
> > policy to not do anything Linux related.
> >
> > :(
> >
> > ===============================================
> >
> > A slightly personal note: What I guess was some time ago, Ryan ported
> > Prey over to Linux. I had bought Prey but, after playing it a tad,
> > never finished it since I couldn't really bring myself to boot into
> > Windows. His port of Prey gave me the opportunity to actually play
> > through the game I had bought without having to basically disconnect
> > (via booting into Windows) the central point of my home network, ie. I
> > actually got around to playing through it. Without Ryan's work I
> > would have wasted my money in buying that game. I sent him off an
> > e-mail thanking him, and he responded promptly and positively. If
> > there's any fundamental tragedy here it's that Ryan's work on UT3 has
> > been lost----he's a good guy as far as I can tell, and a hell of a
> > programmer, but because of absurd legal permutations his work is never
> > going to see the light of day, and we're never going to get to enjoy
> > it. It's a fucking shame, and I don't believe for a second that Ryan
> > is at any fault here; he's been screwed over just like the rest of us.
> >
> > But hey, we've got a hell of an off-topic discussion board out of it! ;)
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Ryan Barton <debian.moment at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Ah yes sorry I was fuzzy on the details
> >>
> >> On 09/08/2010 09:05 AM, Valeriy wrote:
> >>
> >> If you mean this
> >> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODI1OA
> >> Then it's not Mark Rein, but, yeah, it's canned for a long time anyway.
> >> Though I wish Epic could say "never" instead of "unlikely" :(
> >>
> >> 2010/9/8 Ryan Barton <debian.moment at gmail.com>
> >>>
> >>> For those of you who missed it, mark rein told phoronix ut3 for linux
> is
> >>> canned. Phoronix likes to make things up but this time I believe him.
> >>>
> >>> On Sep 8, 2010 12:41 AM, "Daniel Eckl" <daniel.eckl at gmx.de> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> In this case, you failed epically. Never saw such a great discussion
> >>> on this list with good infos and great mood.
> >>>
> >>> 2010/9/8 Clayton <wellsfrago at gmail.com>:
> >>>
> >>> > I am very entertained that I started this stupid flare up
> >>>
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