Half-life?

[Laintsurge]

I like steam to be honest. Not the freinds network of course :lol: Anyway ...
I'd love to see HL1 on GP2X but it's not gunna happen. So C'mon Quake 2 ! Does anyone want to port descent 1 or 2

 

[Silberstein]

Descent would be lovely..

 

[AcidiC]

I thought they did release the source code. Or at least, I remember them saying something along the lines of them releasing it once HL2 was in full swing.

It's funny, I felt scoffish when I read the subject header, but you're right, it is plausible, if not possible. This disturbs me greatly.

Allan.

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Maybe you heard that Half Life Source was released, which is just the old storyline on the new Source engine.

 

[ravuya]

Well, if the leaked part IS true and it WAS Halflife instead of HL2, then it could happen...

IF someone who was talented was WILLING to do it without releasing his name or recieving ANY credit for the GP2X port. Because I bet if someone did it and let it KNOWN that they had done it, then valve would be on them immediately. :/

So I doubt anyone will want to risk it.

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There's more than just risking legality for that one project; I'd be extremely afraid of code taint. I try to stay away from looking through commercial/GPL source code as much as I can, otherwise I may end up in front of a jury trying to explain that I didn't just rip off code/algorithms/patented libraries for my newest projects.

Once you get that kind of code taint in you, it's even possible to subconsciously apply it (there have been a number of studies) and it's very difficult to prove that you didn't rip off the source for all future projects considering you've been pawing at it.

This kind of thing is what the SCO-Linux battle is all about as well as a lot of other open source legal questions.