Tasty!
Dzsono: Is this legal? It's clearly not abandonware, but it looks like everything is built from the ground up, so I guess it's OK? It must be in the same boat as
FreeCiv...
From Wikipaedia (sorry - its late here too!)
"The Ur-Quan Masters
The Ur-Quan Masters (or UQM) project[11] aims to port Star Control II to modern operating systems including Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and BSD. The project began in 2002 when the original creators Fred Ford and Paul Reiche III released the source code of the 3DO version as open source under the GPL.[12] Its latest version, 0.7.0, was released on 4 July 2011.[13] The game media is only free to use in non-commercial context as it was released under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 2.5 license.[12] It has also added the option of online multiplayer Melee play, something which was not available in the original game. A variety of modifications to the melee have been released by fans, including versions with superpowered ships and numerous planets. As of version 0.4, the long-missing intro and ending movies were finally added, as was an in-game setup menu. The ability to mod the game is one of the project's goals.
The project was renamed The Ur-Quan Masters because the trademark Star Control was registered by Accolade in 1997, acquired in 1999 by Atari (then known as Infogrames), along with the rest of Accolade's assets.[14]
While development on the UQM codebase continues, a second group of semi-professional musicians called The Precursors have created new musical tracks and remixes of the originals. They are an optional package that can be listened to in-game, replacing the original music, or just played with an audio player. The group's main members are Jouni Airaksinen (alias Mark Vera), Tore Aune Fjellstad (alias VOiD), Espen Gätzschmann (alias TiLT) and Riku Nuottajärvi (an original composer for the 1992 release). The Precursors have released four remix packs, and the project is now considered done.
A fully playable port has been produced for the Wii, OUYA Android microconsole,[15] GP2X portable game system,[16] the Pandora handheld,[17] and the Maemo 5-based N900[18] smart phone. Other ports are underway to the Sony PSP[19] and the Microsoft Xbox.[20][21]"
