QuakeC Source Code Licensing Status

[metlslime]

So what's the licensing status of the quakec source code? I was planning on releasing the rubicon 2 source, but not sure what license i can put on it (e.g. GPL)

I know that the original source release was sort of an informal "you can make quake mods with it" type license, but not sure if there was a more recent GPL release of the same code. And whether it applies to hipnotic code as well (since i'm using the hipnotic rotating code.)

[Ranger366]

I understood so far that you can do with the code whatever you want, but you need to release the sourcecode with. Also an important thing was that if you do a true Total Conversation for Quake, you can provide it as an standalone built (but you need to replace the whole content with your own custom made stuff, should not be identical to Quake's)
I don't even think its allowed to change the license without $$$.
Hipnotic is a part of it so far i know.

[mh]

[leileilol]

qtools_gpl.tar.gz has the NQ QC GPLed, but one problem- it's 1.01.

the standard progs1.06 never had a gpl release, which is funny because open quartz used it as a gpl base and so does p0x's extras

no mission pack code is gpled

[r00k]

The original netQuake is unsuported. There is no readme.txt saying anything about the GPL. And nothing about, if you use this as a base for your mod you MUST release the source code etc... nor does it say you cannot release it as unsupported open source software either.

[mankrip]

I e-mailed Todd Hollenshead once about it, like ten years ago, and his answer is that it's open-sourced under the GPL.

However, the non-GPL'ed QC source probably fits into the same terms of the BSD/MIT licenses.

[metlslime]

[Nahuel]

[motorsep]

yes, you can make commercial game using GPL code. Just keep the engine's source code open.

QuakeC is another story. Steel Storm's QuakeC code is written from scratch and therefore it's a proprietary code. Closed-source that is.

If we would use Quake's qc code as a base, we'd have to keep that open source too.

[FrikaC]

At one point Maddes made a "Unofficial GPL Quake 1.06" by taking the old 1.01 code included with the gpl qtools release and hand updating based on his list of differences. You know I thought that was the base p0x used for Extras, but I guess not.

I can't find the download link for the original package, but it's in .

[motorsep]

[Spirit]

[motorsep]

Eeh, wasn't there 1.06 with GPL headers out there? Also, why on Earth do you want for QuakeC to be GPL?

[frag.machine]

If memory serves me, progs 1.06 source *was* released under GPL, the big problem being prior releases (specially 1.01) which were used as base code for a number of well known mods (IIRC threewave CTF falls on this situation, among others).
EDIT: derp, just read what leileilol said some posts before this one, it's exactly the opposite - 1.01 is the GPL'd version, 1.06 source being in the gray area.

I suppose one could pick the 1.01 code, apply some patches to turn it a drop-in replacement to 1.06.

[Spirit]

Nope, read up (or post links please).

From what I know:
1) The 1.01 source was released without a license.
2) The 1.06 source was released without a license.
3) Someone reminded id about the license and then the 1.01 package got GPL'd (but for some reason not the 1.06 one).

ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/source/q1tools_gpl.tgz is the GPL 1.01 source.
On https://github.com/id-Software/Quake-To ... qcc/v101qc there only is the 1.01 source.
https://github.com/id-Software/Quake/tree/master/qw-qc is only the QuakeWorld part (I am not sure what version).

ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/unsup/progs106.zip is the 1.06 but without any GPL notice or likewise.