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A bit of a non-standard post as I don’t think you can actually play them for free yet (I can’t see any binaries available and there’s a disclaimer that you need to already own the games, presumably for assets/art), but a pleasant surprise and hopefully something to keep an eye on!

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    3 minutes ago

    Yeah, the disclaimer means the source code is 100% free, which will enable community patches and mods, but the art, music, etc is all still under copyright and not GPL or any other open licenses.

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    2 hours ago

    This is a step in a good direction. Retired IP should either be released for free or open sourced altogether

  • AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works
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    6 hours ago

    I don’t think you can actually play them for free yet

    Actually, you can play for free C&C, Red Alert and, iirc, Tiberian Sun. EA released them all for free some years ago so you can find their ISOS anywhere legally