roushimsx
04-26-2007, 09:17 AM
The goal of this thread is to identify EULAs for commercial games that include interesting little snippets of otherwise unexpected gold, preferably a clause indicating that you can copy the hell out of 'em.
Descent: Freespace (http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/descent-freespace-the-great-war), Silent Threat (http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/descent-freespace-silent-threat), and Freespace 2 (http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/freespace-2) are well known for their inclusion of the following clause or similar:
http://images.roushimsx.com/EULA.jpg
(Freespace and Silent Threat actually only allowed for the copying of the Missions, which is why you need to download the Freespace mod for Freespace 2 if you want to play it free)
What other commercial games out there (especially Interplay-published games) include similar clauses that encourage openly copying and sharing software? It's important to note that I'm not looking for games that have since been released as freeware by the original developer/publisher/whatever (such as Dink Smallwood, One Must Fall 2097, Mech Commander 2, etc) or games that have always been freeware (like Kenta Cho's impressive body of minimalist action games) but for commercial games that have always had the clause buried in the EULA.
So far, I've found Die By The Sword (http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/die-by-the-sword) (EULA (http://www.roushimsx.com/sa/readme.txt); scroll down to section G) and its expansion Limb From Limb (http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/die-by-the-sword-limb-from-limb) share the same clause).
Descent: Freespace (http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/descent-freespace-the-great-war), Silent Threat (http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/descent-freespace-silent-threat), and Freespace 2 (http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/freespace-2) are well known for their inclusion of the following clause or similar:
http://images.roushimsx.com/EULA.jpg
(Freespace and Silent Threat actually only allowed for the copying of the Missions, which is why you need to download the Freespace mod for Freespace 2 if you want to play it free)
What other commercial games out there (especially Interplay-published games) include similar clauses that encourage openly copying and sharing software? It's important to note that I'm not looking for games that have since been released as freeware by the original developer/publisher/whatever (such as Dink Smallwood, One Must Fall 2097, Mech Commander 2, etc) or games that have always been freeware (like Kenta Cho's impressive body of minimalist action games) but for commercial games that have always had the clause buried in the EULA.
So far, I've found Die By The Sword (http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/die-by-the-sword) (EULA (http://www.roushimsx.com/sa/readme.txt); scroll down to section G) and its expansion Limb From Limb (http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/die-by-the-sword-limb-from-limb) share the same clause).