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http://code.google.com/p/support/wiki/FAQ#How_do_I_report_a_copyright_or_intellectual_property_violation? On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 9:18 PM, Terry Poulin <[email protected]> wrote: > This project looks illegal <http://code.google.com/p/quake-android/> and > should be reviewed for removal. > > The project hosts only a download of a ZIP file containing game content > (textures, maps, models, etc) for Id Software's famous game "Quake". Why not > the app file too? The quake engine is open source but the game content is > NOT. These pak file sizes match the files supplied by my retail version of > Quake (purchased via Steam), so I don't think they are reimplementations > (ala Freedom), and I've never heard of any. > > It's only published downloads are sharewhere and *full* data files. See the > entry in the Android Market for > Quake<https://market.android.com/details?id=tk.niuzb.quake&feature=search_result>. > If so, then those files are copyrighted material of Id Software and the > download of http://quake-android.googlecode.com/files/quake1_data.zip is > pretty darn illegal. Only the sharewhare files may be redistributed IAW > whatever Id Software's terms are. > > Id Software never released the game content for free. Only a shareware > campaign and the game engine code. That is the norm for most of Id > Software's classic games. If they had, I'm pretty sure Linux distros > wouldn't be shipping "Freedom" WADs instead of real DooM I/Doom II WADs! > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Project Hosting on Google Code" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code-hosting?hl=en.
