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- From: "Hamish MacEwan" <hamish.macewan AT gmail.com>
- To: "Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand discussion" <cc-nz AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Cc-nz] [cc-au] It's all about google!
- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:28:44 +1300
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 6:11 PM, Jessica Coates <j2.coates AT qut.edu.au> wrote:
> Hmm - I haven't thought about this enough to be certain, but it's hard to
> see how someone could use/distribute an open source game without
> effectively using and distributing the maps within it.
The architecture of the game is to separate the engine from the game
data. The latter is provided in .WAD files. The source code
(available under the GPL here:
http://www.idsoftware.com/business/techdownloads/) for the engine is
distinct from the .WAD contents.
It is thus still necessary to purchase the game to legitimately use
any free software derivatives.
As Sam notes, it had educational and publicity benefits plus allowing
ports to other platforms which also drove the sales of the game (to
get the wads.)
DooM is now the litmus test of a device's programmability and
performance, there are even digital cameras that are up to the task.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.01/start.html?pg=5
> I wonder what the legal consequences would be?
Of distributing the wad files, bad I would think.
> Jessica Coates
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[Cc-nz] It's all about google!,
elliott bledsoe, 09/04/2008
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Re: [Cc-nz] [cc-au] It's all about google!,
Jessica Coates, 09/04/2008
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Re: [Cc-nz] [cc-au] It's all about google!,
Hamish MacEwan, 09/17/2008
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Re: [Cc-nz] [cc-au] It's all about google!,
Jessica Coates, 09/17/2008
- Re: [Cc-nz] [cc-au] It's all about google!, Jessica Coates, 09/17/2008
- Re: [Cc-nz] [cc-au] It's all about google!, Sam Stephens, 09/17/2008
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Re: [Cc-nz] [cc-au] It's all about google!,
Hamish MacEwan, 09/17/2008
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[Cc-nz] Open Doom/ Quake (It's all about google!),
strypes, 09/17/2008
- Re: [Cc-nz] Open Doom/ Quake (It's all about google!), Jessica Coates, 09/17/2008
- Re: [Cc-nz] Open Doom/ Quake (It's all about google!), Robin Sheat, 09/17/2008
- Re: [Cc-nz] Open Doom/ Quake (It's all about google!), Sutherland, Paul, 09/18/2008
- Re: [Cc-nz] Open Doom/ Quake (It's all about google!), Mark Rickerby, 09/18/2008
- [Cc-nz] Crown Copyright, strypes, 09/18/2008
- Re: [Cc-nz] Crown Copyright, Jessica Coates, 09/18/2008
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[Cc-nz] Open Doom/ Quake (It's all about google!),
strypes, 09/17/2008
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Re: [Cc-nz] [cc-au] It's all about google!,
Jessica Coates, 09/17/2008
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Re: [Cc-nz] [cc-au] It's all about google!,
Hamish MacEwan, 09/17/2008
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Re: [Cc-nz] [cc-au] It's all about google!,
Jessica Coates, 09/04/2008
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- Re: [Cc-nz] It's all about google!, strypes, 09/11/2008
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