NOLF2 source released but to what end
The commercial abandonware 2002 game No One Lives Forever ( trailer ) has been released under the GPLv2 . The NOLF2 source code has been released under the GPLv2 by Touchdown Entertainment. Along with the game source code, you will find the engine source code, as well the tools behind it. It's great news for the entire NOLF2 modding community, since now we'll be able to keep the game alive! I have uploaded the package to free services since the Touchdown Entertainment website is down: http://www.multiupload.com/WBO4EQHRAE It isn't yet clear what license the assets are released under, but as with most commercial game source releases I suspect that it is not part of the source release. Do these commercial source pseudo-Free releases have any merit beyond giving loyal followers a way to keep their fun alive? It has been of great benefit to have had the ID engines released as Free software, but they were the platform for a number of very significant free projects that wo...