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EA has open sourced a bunch of old Command & Conquer games (github.com)
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I'm not well versed in C&C, but it's always good to see more games open sourced.

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[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Open source does not mean that the intellectual property is free. There's a lot of good that comes from this, and it's not like those games are expensive.

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Though do also note that of these four, TD and RA1 were already made freeware years ago.

[–] turkalino@lemmy.yachts 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I realize. Intellectual property is an icky concept IMO but I know not everyone agrees

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Intellectual property is what allows them to make these games GPL.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

The GPL is a way to make intellectual property work the way it should by default.