ampersandrew@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agoEA has open sourced a bunch of old Command & Conquer gamesgithub.comexternal-linkmessage-square116fedilinkarrow-up1836arrow-down14file-text
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minus-squareampersandrew@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·4 days 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-squareBobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachtslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·4 days agoI realize. Intellectual property is an icky concept IMO but I know not everyone agrees
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·4 days agoIntellectual property is what allows them to make these games GPL.
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 days agoThe GPL is a way to make intellectual property work the way it should by default.
minus-squareVindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 days agoThough do also note that of these four, TD and RA1 were already made freeware years ago.
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.
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.
Though do also note that of these four, TD and RA1 were already made freeware years ago.