ampersandrew@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoEA has open sourced a bunch of old Command & Conquer gamesgithub.comexternal-linkmessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1816arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: freegames@feddit.uk
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minus-squareampersandrew@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·2 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-squareVindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days agoThough do also note that of these four, TD and RA1 were already made freeware years ago.
minus-squareBobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachtslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·2 days agoI realize. Intellectual property is an icky concept IMO but I know not everyone agrees
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 days agoIntellectual property is what allows them to make these games GPL.
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-217 hours agoThe GPL is a way to make intellectual property work the way it should by default.
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.
Though do also note that of these four, TD and RA1 were already made freeware years ago.
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.