Thread 105939351 - /g/ [Archived: 258 hours ago]

Anonymous
7/17/2025, 8:49:29 PM No.105939351
goldsrc stolen
goldsrc stolen
md5: b81943ee82774f0bea3fb928db7766ab🔍
>Use a GPL 2.0 licensed engine as the basis for a new engine
>Release new engine as proprietary
>Fuck you I'm not giving you the SOURCE of my GOLD SOURCE engine.
Did Valve cheat witht he GPL license ?
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Anonymous
7/17/2025, 8:50:51 PM No.105939370
>>105939351 (OP)
I think ID sold commercial licenses.
Anonymous
7/17/2025, 8:52:46 PM No.105939390
GoldSrc isn't based on the open-source Quake release. They bought the license to use and do their own shit with it directly from id games.

That should be clear from the very image you posted: The Quake open-source release is in 1999, Half-Life was already released at that point.
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Anonymous
7/17/2025, 8:57:54 PM No.105939441
>>105939351 (OP)
you can distribute software under different licenses.
Anonymous
7/17/2025, 9:05:19 PM No.105939521
>>105939351 (OP)
>Quake source: 1999
>Half-Life: 1998
retard
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Anonymous
7/17/2025, 9:08:21 PM No.105939556
retards
retards
md5: 5cbc5f8c9c242a40c9350b0aeff464c9🔍
>>105939521
>>105939390
thanks bros, I'm indeed retarded