<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
http-equiv="Content-Type">
</head>
<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff">
Are you speaking in metaphors?<br>
<br>
On 09/10/2010 08:21 AM, Ceil wrote:
<blockquote
cite="mid:AANLkTi=6fUuc7rbCVRtOhxv0DUT2syjOcrJvU0MQR01r@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">
<p>My kingdom for Ryan's hard drive! :(</p>
<p>On Sep 10, 2010 1:06 AM, "Keith Z-G" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:keithzg@gmail.com">keithzg@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br
type="attribution">
> The exact quote from Ryan about the middleware holding things up (I<br>
> found it via google because I remembered one of the exact phrases
he<br>
> said, and then just searched for exactly that and "Ryan Gordon").<br>
> <br>
> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://mandrivausers.org/index.php?/topic/43994-ut-3-for-linux/page__view__findpost__p__335129?s=5a35f00fa3cde4967f5f84b1ef913102">http://mandrivausers.org/index.php?/topic/43994-ut-3-for-linux/page__view__findpost__p__335129?s=5a35f00fa3cde4967f5f84b1ef913102</a><br>
> <br>
> Here's the text of the post for those lazy / for future reference:<br>
> <br>
> ===================================================<br>
> <br>
> Posted 21 November 2007 - 04:15 PM<br>
> <br>
> sorry but ... linux version of UT3 maybe not on this year<br>
> <br>
> While hanging out on IRC, I asked the big question of the day, "Has<br>
> anyone heard from Icculus on the UT3 server or client?" Here's the<br>
> dialog that resulted from the question:<br>
> <br>
> <icculus> it's stuck in legal<br>
> <augustus> Legal? Seriously? Have you had legal involved in
previous games?<br>
> <icculus> Not like this, no<br>
> <icculus> There's some issues with middleware<br>
> <augustus> so is the hold-up indefinite?<br>
> <icculus> augustus: not indefinite<br>
> <icculus> augustus: the politics should be worked out for
the server<br>
> soon, I'm removing the offending piece of code.<br>
> <augustus> icculus: And the client?<br>
> <icculus> augustus: that's going to take somewhat longer<br>
> <augustus> icculus: From the sound of it, there is no ETA
then?<br>
> <icculus> augustus: I'm not committing to one<br>
> <augustus> icculus: I understand. Seems like it's quite out
of your hands.<br>
> <icculus> If I told you what the specific problem is, you
wouldn't believe me<br>
> * icculus declines to say more. :)<br>
> <br>
> And, while I had his attention, I had to ask: "Are you doing a
Gears<br>
> of War port?"<br>
> <icculus> augustus: for Mac OS X, yes.<br>
> <augustus> icculus: Linux no then?<br>
> <icculus> augustus: There's something about a Linux port
that the<br>
> Gears publisher doesn't like...can't quite put my finger on it...<br>
> <augustus> icculus: I was afraid of that.<br>
> <augustus> icculus: Funny that Mac isn't a competitor but
Linux is.<br>
> <icculus> I don't speak for Microsoft, but I assume it's
just company<br>
> policy to not do anything Linux related.<br>
> <br>
> :(<br>
> <br>
> ===============================================<br>
> <br>
> A slightly personal note: What I guess was some time ago, Ryan
ported<br>
> Prey over to Linux. I had bought Prey but, after playing it a tad,<br>
> never finished it since I couldn't really bring myself to boot into<br>
> Windows. His port of Prey gave me the opportunity to actually play<br>
> through the game I had bought without having to basically
disconnect<br>
> (via booting into Windows) the central point of my home network,
ie. I<br>
> actually got around to playing through it. Without Ryan's work I<br>
> would have wasted my money in buying that game. I sent him off an<br>
> e-mail thanking him, and he responded promptly and positively. If<br>
> there's any fundamental tragedy here it's that Ryan's work on UT3
has<br>
> been lost----he's a good guy as far as I can tell, and a hell of a<br>
> programmer, but because of absurd legal permutations his work is
never<br>
> going to see the light of day, and we're never going to get to
enjoy<br>
> it. It's a fucking shame, and I don't believe for a second that
Ryan<br>
> is at any fault here; he's been screwed over just like the rest of
us.<br>
> <br>
> But hey, we've got a hell of an off-topic discussion board out of
it! ;)<br>
> <br>
> On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Ryan Barton <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:debian.moment@gmail.com">debian.moment@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
>> Ah yes sorry I was fuzzy on the details<br>
>><br>
>> On 09/08/2010 09:05 AM, Valeriy wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> If you mean this<br>
>> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODI1OA">http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODI1OA</a><br>
>> Then it's not Mark Rein, but, yeah, it's canned for a long
time anyway.<br>
>> Though I wish Epic could say "never" instead of "unlikely" :(<br>
>><br>
>> 2010/9/8 Ryan Barton <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:debian.moment@gmail.com">debian.moment@gmail.com</a>><br>
>>><br>
>>> For those of you who missed it, mark rein told phoronix
ut3 for linux is<br>
>>> canned. Phoronix likes to make things up but this time I
believe him.<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Sep 8, 2010 12:41 AM, "Daniel Eckl" <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:daniel.eckl@gmx.de">daniel.eckl@gmx.de</a>>
wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> In this case, you failed epically. Never saw such a great
discussion<br>
>>> on this list with good infos and great mood.<br>
>>><br>
>>> 2010/9/8 Clayton <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:wellsfrago@gmail.com">wellsfrago@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
>>><br>
>>> > I am very entertained that I started this stupid
flare up<br>
>>><br>
>>> _______________________________________________ ut3
mailing list<br>
>>> <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:ut3@icculus.org">ut3@icculus.org</a>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://icculus.org/.">http://icculus.org/.</a>..<br>
>>><br>
>>> _______________________________________________<br>
>>> ut3 mailing list<br>
>>> <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:ut3@icculus.org">ut3@icculus.org</a><br>
>>> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://icculus.org/mailman/listinfo/ut3">http://icculus.org/mailman/listinfo/ut3</a><br>
>>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>> Valeriy<br>
>><br>
>> _______________________________________________<br>
>> ut3 mailing list<br>
>> <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:ut3@icculus.org">ut3@icculus.org</a><br>
>> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://icculus.org/mailman/listinfo/ut3">http://icculus.org/mailman/listinfo/ut3</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> _______________________________________________<br>
>> ut3 mailing list<br>
>> <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:ut3@icculus.org">ut3@icculus.org</a><br>
>> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://icculus.org/mailman/listinfo/ut3">http://icculus.org/mailman/listinfo/ut3</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
> _______________________________________________<br>
> ut3 mailing list<br>
> <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:ut3@icculus.org">ut3@icculus.org</a><br>
> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://icculus.org/mailman/listinfo/ut3">http://icculus.org/mailman/listinfo/ut3</a><br>
</p>
<pre wrap="">
<fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset>
_______________________________________________
ut3 mailing list
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ut3@icculus.org">ut3@icculus.org</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://icculus.org/mailman/listinfo/ut3">http://icculus.org/mailman/listinfo/ut3</a>
</pre>
</blockquote>
<br>
</body>
</html>