You really need to learn the facts before making statements like you do. If someone posted any CLOSED source code of valve, it would be off very quick. And chances are, you wouldn't even know about it.
Do you even know how many open-source projects that are based on the sdk exist already? It would seem you don't. Anyone can download the source SDK from steam, as many times as you want, and within reason, you can do what you like with it (as-long as its no profit). The SDK is posted up on numerous websites. Did you also get a written confirmation from valve that they hate open-source? 2008/12/23 Nick <[email protected]> > Because valve hates open source with a vengeance, and also some one > posted the entire valve source sdk onto sourceforge?? Sourceforge, the > open source code sharing place? If that doesn't get a call from the > lawyers I don't know what will.... > > https://rcbot2.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/rcbot2/ > > https://rcbot2.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/rcbot2/game/client/animatedtextureproxy.cpp > > I would like the idea of an open source tf2 bot, but the likely hood > of valve tolerating it is like zero. Right now, If I was Valve, I > would ignore this thread and just send the lawyers in with a DMCA > takedown. Big corporations tend to do that. > > > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 8:33 PM, Daniel Glenn <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Because... not everyone has an internet connection worth playing? Also, > some > > Source mods don't have that many players anyway. > > > > Also, answer this for me. Why would Valve sue someone because they made a > > bot plugin? > > > > Anyway, this is a great idea and I hope that it blossoms into something > big. > > HL1 had a great bot community. > > > > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 8:21 PM, Nick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I don't understand why anyone would ever want to go through the hassle > >> and waste of time to make a bot framework for orange box. Then they > >> want to make it open source, (not their code btw), and prey valve > >> doesn't stick their lawyers on them. > >> > >> If valve doesn't want to make an bot for tf2, why would you want > to??????? > >> > >> TF2 is a really fun game, there is no point in destroying it by > >> playing against bots. > >> > >> On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 4:34 PM, cheeseh-bu <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Hi all, > >> > > >> > first of all, thanks for the help to get my plugin for the Orange box > SDK > >> > working, My plugin is at *http://rcbot.bots-united.com* > >> > > >> > Now just a message for anyone interested in contributing to the source > >> (Bear > >> > in mind it is in *Alpha stage*): > >> > > >> > So now I'm just doing a little advertising for my bot framework for > >> Orange > >> > Box, I'm basically *looking for developers* that are interested in > >> > contributing to generating a more functional HL2 bot (For mods such as > >> TF2, > >> > FF, and MODs in the pipeline such as NS2, SvenCoop2 etc..) by using > the > >> *SVN > >> > *code repository. > >> > > >> > The latest *Rcbot2* source code is up on SVN here, > >> > > >> > https://sourceforge.net/svn/?group_id=248612 > >> > > >> > If interested in developing make a sourceforge account and contact me. > >> > > >> > If you have Visual Studio, use: > >> > > >> > http://ankhsvn.open.collab.net/ > >> > > >> > and the repository: > >> > > >> > https://rcbot2.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/rcbot2 > >> > > >> > *Don't forget* to put it into a new folder (such as RCBot2) in the > Source > >> > SDK utils directory > >> > > >> > (If u need any help with SVN give me a message) > >> > > >> > Hope some out there are interested > >> > > >> > (now time to rest and have a merry xmas + new year ) > >> > > >> > > >> > Thanks!!! > >> > > >> > -[RCbot] Cheeseh > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > >> please visit: > >> > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > >> > > >> > > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > >> please visit: > >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
