UT Source Notes
December 28th, 1999 by CrusaderBrandon Reinhart of Epic MegaGames commented on Slashdot today with more information on the upcoming source code release from parts of the Unreal Tournament Linux port, stating, among other things, that there will likely be a tarball release tomorrow. Reinhart also provides brief descriptions of each shared library whose source will be made available, as well as what brought about the decision to make this code public:
The bottom line is this: I like to play kick ass games. The Linux port of UT is not kick ass. I don’t have the time to make it better, so instead of having it languish on my harddrive I’ll give it out to anyone who wants it. You don’t have to do anything with it. You could take it and write cool stuff and if you want you could contribute it to me. Its all voluntary.
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
It’ll be nice to be able to help improve the linux port of this great game. It’s a shame GT won’t release a full linux port like ID, but Brandon’s got a great idea here. I think this could be a great example of how to use open source and commercial closed source together. Let’s hope it works out and we can get UT running the way it deserves to.