* Stardate: 2002-09-05 04:24
* Incoming subspace signal from "Adam Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" :
> On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 04:15, Han Boetes wrote:
>
> > > You need PAK files for Quake II to run this game
> > >
> > > Install the PAK files in /usr/share/games/quake2. You also have to
> > > install one of quake2-aa, quake2-glx, quake2-sdl, quake2-svga or
> > > quake2-x11
> > >
> > > %changelog
> > > * Sun Sep 01 2002 Max Heijndijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3.21_r0.13.1-1
> > > - Initial build.
> >
> > Way cool. Good idea. :)
>
> Agreed. However, since this is clearly not the original Quake 2 - it's a
> source port, for those familiar with the term - I contend that the name
> is inaccurate and misleading. It seems this is the name of the original
> project, which is unfortunate, but I still think it ought to be changed.
>
> ("Quake 2" may well be trademarked by id, as well...)
You can download the sources at ID which contain a GPL license. Doesn't
it apply for the name as well ? If it doesn't, ID would have renamed
those sources, I suppose.
As far as I can tell, the name of the project is quake2. I tried
subscribing to the mailing list, to propose another name, but I get no
replies on my subscription-requests.
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