ampersandrew@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-223 hours agoEA has open sourced a bunch of old Command & Conquer gamesgithub.comexternal-linkmessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1750arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: hitsave@preserve.gamesfreegames@feddit.ukhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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minus-squareampersandrew@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·20 hours 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-up11·19 hours agoThough do also note that of these four, TD and RA1 were already made freeware years ago.
minus-squareBobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachtslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·20 hours agoI realize. Intellectual property is an icky concept IMO but I know not everyone agrees
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·19 hours agoIntellectual property is what allows them to make these games GPL.
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.