Orchid Win7 v1 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Black Mesa is not a AAA title. As far as I can tell, nobody even got 
> paid. But unlike when Valve paid id Software a crapload of money to 
> license their game engine, the people behind Black Mesa were able to use 
> the very latest version of the Source engine *for free*. They also used 
> a whole bunch of game assets from HL2, CSS and similar. They can only do 
> this because the game is free, of course; if you wanted to /sell/ this 
> game, you'd have to license the technology.

Valve seems to be a really nice and non-evil game company. When someone
makes a mod, expansion or remake of their intellectual property, Valve's
lawyers are not getting lawgasms and sending cease&desist notifications
like mad. Instead, Valve encourages and embraces fan-made works based on
their IP.

This is quite unlike many other game companies (eg. Square-Enix is one
of the most infamous ones on this regard. They are real a-holes sometimes.)

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                                                          - Warp

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