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EA releases 4 C&C games as open source. (EA Has Done something..Good? and Praise Worthy? And not awful?) (kotaku.com)
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The Original Command and Conquer, Red Alert, Generals, and Renegade have all been released under GPL licensing to the public.

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[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Ah that actually makes sense. Open source of the code doesn't give you free reign on the art assets. Wouldn't have even thought of that myself.

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

when a game is open sourced its almost universally just the code, and not the art assets.

This is only speculation on my part, but I assume it has something to do with the headache of the art assets being used in media/advertising/etc and trying to detangle.

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