EA has open sourced Command & Conquer: Red Alert under GPLv3
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In this economy? Man I'll take 2!
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Old games being open sourced is a trend I can get behind.
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Fuck EA but cool move - if they keep being not shit for long enough I might consider their products again.
Doubt they can keep it up.
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Perhaps why this feels like them trying to save face.
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On what?
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They're still requiring EA Play or $6 for the bundle on steam.
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Just in general. EA has a lot to around for.
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Correct. Doom and Quake still cost money as well.
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To use the compiled binaries, you must own the game
Was expecting a catch. Still good for modding I guess
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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.
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Exactly, I really don't get the all or nothing thinking where you can't even acknowledge something unambiguously positive because of who is doing it.
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Can I at least have some shoes?
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This feels more like some o.g. Command and conquer devs who have worked at EA for a long time that are passionate about the franchise. There was no big PR release, no product tie in or announcement, no media campaign.
Recovering and restoring the source code for these titles was made possible through the combined efforts of EA technical director Brian Barnes, Respawn producer Jim Vessella, and Luke Feenan, a long-standing member of the C&C community who was involved in the development of the Command & Conquer Remastered Collection.
https://www.polygon.com/news/531365/command-and-conquer-open-source-code-ea
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Im now just happy that it’s far more likely for a clean 60fps mod that’s not locked behind someone’s patreon
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I realize. Intellectual property is an icky concept IMO but I know not everyone agrees
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Ah well I'm glad to see the devs sticking to their passions. I'm sure they're proud of this move.
With that said, I'm still surprised EA didn't try to capitalize on it somehow.
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The entire series is on sale on Steam right now for $6 if that helps.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1213210/Command__Conquer_Remastered_Collection/
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It's about thyme!
