You read that right. In a staggering move, Electronic Arts (yes, that Electronic Arts) has released the full source code for C&C Tiberium Dawn, C&C Red Alert, C&C Renegate, and C&C ...
No, that is “you can use it unless you specifically sue us for infringing on the patent we’re releasing”, as I read it. I don’t know how necessary it is to protect yourself from somebody taking the patent you’ve released freely, patenting them themselves and then suing you back, but that seems to be what they’re protecting against.
This entire thread is about how assuming the worst when it comes to EA is often not giving them credit for a number of actually cool stuff they do. This included, in my book. I don’t think that “oh, sure this someone is doing seems fine, but don’t trust them anyway” is a particularly good way to handle… well, pretty much anything. You don’t need to fanboy for corporations, but you also don’t need to rage against them consistently. The whole idea is to reward them for good moves and punish them for bad ones.
This seems like a good move. More of this, as far as I’m concerned.
No, that is “you can use it unless you specifically sue us for infringing on the patent we’re releasing”, as I read it. I don’t know how necessary it is to protect yourself from somebody taking the patent you’ve released freely, patenting them themselves and then suing you back, but that seems to be what they’re protecting against.
This entire thread is about how assuming the worst when it comes to EA is often not giving them credit for a number of actually cool stuff they do. This included, in my book. I don’t think that “oh, sure this someone is doing seems fine, but don’t trust them anyway” is a particularly good way to handle… well, pretty much anything. You don’t need to fanboy for corporations, but you also don’t need to rage against them consistently. The whole idea is to reward them for good moves and punish them for bad ones.
This seems like a good move. More of this, as far as I’m concerned.