HI Cara, Well, it is true that ID holds the copyrights for the quake map files, sound effects, etc however I have seen pak files of them floating around the net. To my knolege ID Software isn't doing allot of complaining about it, but that could just be that the games source is already open source and they have little commercial interest in a game 12 years old. What I find interesting is while the Quake game itself is 12 years old there are some newer games based on the Quake engines such as the Quake III engine. Star Trek Elite Force I and II are based on Quake technology.
Cara Quinn wrote: > Actually this is not completely true. quake was made in 96 and you > can download the source code and shareware game, however, the full > game is still under copyright to my knowledge, and the maps (after the > first episode) can only be gotten legally from that CD. > > However, I'm not sure anyone would likely prosecute someone > for obtaining them as I believe you can do so widely on the web, and > as you said, the game is old and no longer supported... > > Smiles, > > Cara :) > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
