Doom Released Under GPLv2 • Hacker News Board

Re: Doom Released Under GPLv2

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Post by nottorp » Wed, Jan 17, 2024, 8:28 PM UTC

pushedx wrote: post #26

nottorp wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When I saw the title I thought they released the source for Doom 3...

Doom 3 source was released more than 10 years ago https://github.com/id-Software/DOOM-3 As an example of something built with that, you can play Doom 3 in your browser: https://wasm.continuation-labs.com/d3demo/

Oh thanks! That somehow went past me.

I'll be downloading a native port though.

Re: Doom Released Under GPLv2

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Post by imbusy111 » Wed, Jan 17, 2024, 8:34 PM UTC

533474 wrote: post #24

imbusy111 wrote: post #2

Thanks, but I'd rather take the one without the GPLv2 license one commit earlier.

lol is that a bad joke? GPLv2 is better

Yeah, missed this one badly.

Re: Doom Released Under GPLv2

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Post by metadat » Wed, Jan 17, 2024, 9:03 PM UTC

pushedx wrote: post #26

nottorp wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When I saw the title I thought they released the source for Doom 3...

Doom 3 source was released more than 10 years ago https://github.com/id-Software/DOOM-3 As an example of something built with that, you can play Doom 3 in your browser: https://wasm.continuation-labs.com/d3demo/

Incredible this can run in the browser on my freaking phone! I remember playing Doom 3 when it came out, and my overclocked, water-cooled beast-mode computer at the time in the early 2000s could just barely do it.

Re: Doom Released Under GPLv2

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Post by csdreamer7 » Wed, Jan 17, 2024, 9:10 PM UTC

When I first saw this I thought they released Doom 2016. I doubt anyone from Id will be able to comment on if 2016 will see the GPL, but there is no harm in asking. :-)

Re: Doom Released Under GPLv2

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Post by ibobev » Wed, Jan 17, 2024, 9:17 PM UTC

For a moment I hoped that the source of Doom (2016) is released. :(

Re: Doom Released Under GPLv2

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Post by SketchySeaBeast » Wed, Jan 17, 2024, 9:26 PM UTC

metadat wrote: post #33

pushedx wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Doom 3 source was released more than 10 years ago https://github.com/id-Software/DOOM-3 As an example of something built with that, you can play Doom 3 in your browser: https://wasm.continuation-labs.com/d3demo/

Incredible this can run in the browser on my freaking phone! I remember playing Doom 3 when it came out, and my overclocked, water-cooled beast-mode computer at the time in the early 2000s could just barely do it.

Dooms lighting was just next level. I remember realizing I'd need to upgrade from my Radeon 9600 Pro.

Re: Doom Released Under GPLv2

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Post by anthk » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 12:51 AM UTC

Then there was the case of Eduke32, were distributing binary builds of the engine it's tecnically illegal as it's a GPL violation.

Re: Doom Released Under GPLv2

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Post by nuc1e0n » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 2:49 AM UTC

533474 wrote: post #24

imbusy111 wrote: post #2

Thanks, but I'd rather take the one without the GPLv2 license one commit earlier.

lol is that a bad joke? GPLv2 is better

This commit now lists ZeniMax Media Inc. as the copyright holder. This is new compared to any other release of this code. The initial commit message was "The DOOM sources as originally released on December 23, 1997". This is now no longer the code as it was released in 1997. This code with a GPLv2 licence exists mirrored elsewhere on the internet.

Re: Doom Released Under GPLv2

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Post by nuc1e0n » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 4:20 AM UTC

ndiddy wrote: post #27

notarget137 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nope. Historically Doom was released by ID software under Doom Source License. Quite different from GPL in general.

id changed Doom's license to GPL in 1999. Scroll down to October 3 on this page: https://web.archive.org/web/20000818041410/http://www.doomwo... . I believe the confusion comes from when id uploaded the Doom source to Github, they uploaded an older version with the original license headers rather than the newer GPL version.

At the time it was claimed that it was dual licenced both with the original licence and GPLv2. So presumably if and only if you were wanting to sell modified versions the source code to them must be made available. It seems the GPLv2 licence came about as around 1999 some source ports were releasing binaries only. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jsahAmb8s4