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Offline admiral_wolf

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FreeSpace being re-released!
on: August 22, 2007, 04:23:28 pm
Just seen on Amazon (UK) that FreeSpace 1 + Silent Threat AND FreeSpace 2 are being re-released for XP on September 14th!


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Offline Snail

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Re: FreeSpace being re-released!
Reply #1 on: August 22, 2007, 04:24:37 pm
By who?
 

Offline admiral_wolf

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Re: FreeSpace being re-released!
Reply #2 on: August 22, 2007, 04:26:28 pm
U Wish Games by the look of it.
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Offline 0rph3u5

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Re: FreeSpace being re-released!
Reply #3 on: August 22, 2007, 04:42:55 pm
link please
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Offline admiral_wolf

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Re: FreeSpace being re-released!
Reply #4 on: August 22, 2007, 04:46:21 pm
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Re: FreeSpace being re-released!
Reply #5 on: August 22, 2007, 04:47:00 pm
English:  What? Who? When? Where? How? Why?

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Offline Kie99

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Re: FreeSpace being re-released!
Reply #6 on: August 22, 2007, 04:49:19 pm
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Offline Hippo

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Re: FreeSpace being re-released!
Reply #7 on: August 22, 2007, 04:54:05 pm
This is probably like when the guy was selling TBP and SCP cd's on ebay.
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Offline Woolie Wool

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Re: FreeSpace being re-released!
Reply #8 on: August 22, 2007, 06:32:40 pm
Wouldn't selling SCP CDs be legal (but still underhanded) due to the GPL license?
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Offline Hippo

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Re: FreeSpace being re-released!
Reply #9 on: August 22, 2007, 06:36:18 pm
Selling would be illegal. Distributing legal if you only charged for shipping, but that wasn't the case back then.


For whoever it is selling these ones, in order to sell them they would legally need the rights, and the selling of the rights would have made news all over.
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Offline Bob-san

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Re: FreeSpace being re-released!
Reply #10 on: August 22, 2007, 06:38:24 pm
I find this odd--they're called "U Wish Games"... I can't find anything from this "U Wish Games" place other then Freespace.
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Re: FreeSpace being re-released!
Reply #11 on: August 22, 2007, 06:46:05 pm
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Wouldn't selling SCP CDs be legal (but still underhanded) due to the GPL license?
The SCP is not released under the GPL. In fact, the license specifically prohibits making profit from it. Anyway, looking at the other games there, it definitely looks suspect. All of them are listed as 2007 releases, none of them actually are.
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Offline haloboy100

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Re: FreeSpace being re-released!
Reply #12 on: August 22, 2007, 07:24:23 pm
As if anybody that doesn't know about freespace is going to care...
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Re: FreeSpace being re-released!
Reply #13 on: August 22, 2007, 08:40:53 pm
Off topic: Bob, shorten your signature please.
 

Offline Arkblade

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Re: FreeSpace being re-released!
Reply #14 on: August 23, 2007, 01:33:25 am
http://www.uwishgames.com/index.cfm

this is U Wish Games website?
 

Offline Elukka

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Re: FreeSpace being re-released!
Reply #15 on: August 23, 2007, 12:03:41 pm
It seems it's one of those companies that sell old games for cheap. I don't know how they work, but my guess would be that they buy some sort of limited license... Or something.
 

Offline Hippo

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Re: FreeSpace being re-released!
Reply #16 on: August 23, 2007, 12:13:38 pm
except FS2 is not an xp game and has problems such as the ETS and afterburner not working when freshly installed on XP
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Offline Mustang19

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Re: FreeSpace being re-released!
Reply #17 on: August 23, 2007, 05:27:03 pm
Where is the mention of any re-release? As far as I can tell, this games company is just selling old copies in Ebay.
 

Offline karajorma

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Re: FreeSpace being re-released!
Reply #18 on: August 24, 2007, 02:52:00 am
Quote from: Mustang19 on August 23, 2007, 05:27:03 pm
Where is the mention of any re-release? As far as I can tell, this games company is just selling old copies in Ebay.

As far as I can see they're a legitimate publisher who specialise in picking up old games and selling them on. All their box art on their website has been updated to include their logo (something I doubt a reseller or pirate would bother with) and a google search turns up lots of mentions of them.

The big problem I see is that if these guys are legitimate we're going to have to take down the ISOs and remove FS2 itself from the installer.

On the other hand £8 for FS1 & FS2 isn't really a huge amount to pay and we can hook newbies in by giving them links to BtRL, WCS and TBP to get them started.
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Re: FreeSpace being re-released!
Reply #19 on: August 24, 2007, 03:05:44 am
Quote from: karajorma on August 24, 2007, 02:52:00 am
The big problem I see is that if these guys are legitimate we're going to have to take down the ISOs and remove FS2 itself from the installer.

"You may make copies of the Software for your personal noncommercial use and to give to friends and acquaintances on a no cost noncommercial basis".

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Wouldn't the EULA cover it if they ask for it on the forums?
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