From: gfoot AT mc31 DOT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk (George Foot)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Quake Editing Utilites
Date: 15 Feb 1997 02:33:31 GMT
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Orlando Andico (orly AT gibson DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph) wrote:

: ripped off as in it was an illegal copy? or did crack dot com release it? 

It's an illegal copy, made public when a few hackers broke in there.

: if it's a legal release, where can i get it? i would like to build
: Linux X Quake under other UNIX systems (I think the graphics should be
: alright, the only part needing work should be the sound). But I'll never
: know without the source..

The source isn't officially public yet, and you wouldn't be able to release
anything you made with the illegal source code. This is why id Software
weren't that worried about what happened - it will be pretty obvious if anyone
important uses the code. Or so they say.

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George Foot <gfoot AT mc31 DOT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>
Merton College, Oxford.