It seems that you're using an outdated browser. Some things may not work as they should (or don't work at all).
We suggest you upgrade newer and better browser like: Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer or Opera

×
Community
Duke Nukem seriesGOG's selling abandonwares now ??(26 posts)(26 posts)
(26 posts)
Pages:
1
2
This is my favourite topic
Posted February 26, 2009
...
Post edited February 27, 2009 by ZeGlobox
Posted February 26, 2009
avatar
ZeGlobox: Duke3D can be (legally) downloaded on every abandonware website.. how come GOG is selling it ?

Incorrect. Duke3D can be downloaded on abandonware websites. But not legally. Apogee/3D Realms still own the rights, and those sites aren't licensed to be providing copies of the game.
Abandonware is not a legally defensible position. It's just a tradition among the Internet.
Posted February 26, 2009
yeah, Duke was never abandonware.
Posted February 26, 2009
Gog is selling it so that 3D Realms can feed their children tonight. Not so that cheeky little pirates like yourself can download DN3D for yourself.
Posted February 26, 2009
avatar
ZeGlobox: Duke3D can be (legally) downloaded on every abandonware website.. how come GOG is selling it ?
avatar
Vertelemming: Incorrect. Duke3D can be downloaded on abandonware websites. But not legally. Apogee/3D Realms still own the rights, and those sites aren't licensed to be providing copies of the game.
Abandonware is not a legally defensible position. It's just a tradition among the Internet.

I gotta add that 3D Realms is still selling it through their distribution service (had to buy a copy few months ago).
Posted February 26, 2009
3D Realms never stopped selling Duke Nukem 3D.
Posted February 26, 2009
...
Post edited February 27, 2009 by ZeGlobox
Posted February 26, 2009
bla bla bla bla professional bla bla bla bla bla pirate bla bla bla bla
Posted February 26, 2009
avatar
TheJoe: Gog is selling it so that 3D Realms can feed their children tonight. Not so that cheeky little pirates like yourself can download DN3D for yourself.
avatar
ZeGlobox: LOL..
me being a professionnal game developper (and just so you know, I've already bought 6 games on GOG), it's kinda funny you're calling me a pirate... ;-)
I just found out it wasn't abandonware : although it's available on my favourite abandonware websites, but i just figured out it was the demo version.. duh !should have checked more seriously, my bad !
abandonware != legal
Posted February 26, 2009
Abandonware as a term is load of bull anyway. Just because a publisher or a developer refuses to do a reprint of their old games, it doesn't you can go and download illegal copies of it.
Posted February 26, 2009
avatar
ZeGlobox: LOL..
me being a professionnal game developper (and just so you know, I've already bought 6 games on GOG), it's kinda funny you're calling me a pirate... ;-)
I just found out it wasn't abandonware : although it's available on my favourite abandonware websites, but i just figured out it was the demo version.. duh !should have checked more seriously, my bad !
avatar
Weclock: abandonware != legal

I'm sorry, but some serious abandonware sites ask permission before making anygame available to download.. so personnally, I think it's pretty legit.
avatar
TheJoe: bla bla bla bla professional bla bla bla bla bla pirate bla bla bla bla

O_o
I can assure you that I AM a professionnal game developper...
aren't there any MPs on this forum so I can prove it to you ?
Post edited February 26, 2009 by ZeGlobox
Posted February 26, 2009
avatar
Weclock: abandonware != legal
avatar
ZeGlobox: I'm sorry, but some serious abandonware sites ask permission before making anygame available to download.. so personnally, I think it's pretty legit.
avatar
TheJoe: bla bla bla bla professional bla bla bla bla bla pirate bla bla bla bla

O_o
I can assure you that I AM a professionnal game developper...
aren't there any MPs on this forum so I can prove it to you ?
If it's the case that they asked for permission, then the game isn't abandonware, it's free.
Posted February 26, 2009
avatar
ZeGlobox: I'm sorry, but some serious abandonware sites ask permission before making anygame available to download.. so personnally, I think it's pretty legit.

But they still distribute games they haven't asked permissions for -- that lowers their creditability to zilch.
Posted February 26, 2009
He might be confusing "Publicly Released Source" with "Abandonware". Duke's Source has been public for years but its data files haven't - so you could have the game but not the content. Levels, creatures, etc.
Post edited February 26, 2009 by Blackdrazon
Posted February 26, 2009
avatar
TheJoe: Gog is selling it so that 3D Realms can spend another ten years making Duke Nukem Forever.

Fixed that for ya!
Pages:
1
2
This is my favourite topic
Community
Duke Nukem seriesGOG's selling abandonwares now ??(26 posts)(26 posts)
(26 posts)