[Pegasus V]

Does anyone have any idea how much it would cost to buy the rights for the story of Freespace and Freespace2?

[übermetroid]

*points to search*

[Taristin]

*looks for the dead horse beating smilie*

[phreak]

[Unknown Target]

*snickers*

[aldo_14]

Several hundred thousand (US) dollars IIRC.  I think it may have been half a million, but I believe the figure was edited out of the post.

[kode]

daveb:
 Best guesses at this point put the FS license at $100k - $300k.

[Unknown Target]

If everyone pools their piggy banks together, we might have enough for an officially liscenced Freespace burger.

[Nuclear1]

How many times has this been discussed? And how many times has it been rejected?

[FireCrack]

Fifty four point pi!

[Drew]

if you guys can wait, ill be 22 in 6 years

[aldo_14]

Why, have you got a big-money trust fund?

[Pegasus V]

Originally posted by aldo_14
Why, have you got a big-money trust fund?

Indeed. That price wouldn't just be for the story alone would it?

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Pegasus V


Indeed. That price wouldn't just be for the story alone would it?

It'd be for the rights to use the copyrighted names and make media matching the original designs, I think.... I don't think it would actually include the detailed storyline, original media, etc, because that stuff is owned by Volition.  My impression was that it's a bit of a convuluted situation - Interplay own the names and likenesses, but the storyline is Volitions alone (because technically it doesn't exist after FS2).

[Pegasus V]

Hmm, I see. Thanks.

[Charismatic]

People say they dont 100%ly know who has the rights so why dont [V] or have the 'we own this ****' webpage avalible on their sites for the public?

[Kazan]

aldo: it would include that

when you "Buy the rights to a game" you buy all the copyrights and that includes the content and game engine

[karajorma]

I think what Aldo is on about is that [V]'s storyline is theirs. You couldn't make them give it to you. You'd have to write your own.

Same with any high poly models, art or anything else they had lying about.

All the licence means is that they can't use it. It doesn't mean you can take it off of them. You want it. You make your own.

They'd probably be entitled to sue you if you used a plotline that was too similar to anything they had submitted to Interplay too. (They'd win if they could prove that Interplay gave it to you and you used it).

[Unknown Target]

Basic answer: If you want to release a full game based on the FS2 engine, you either


A) Get the coders to replace everything. Use the engine, and pay royalties.


B) Get the coders to replace everything. Use the engine and pray to whatever God you worship that they don't make you pay said royalties.


or


C) Use Ferrium and pray to the previously mentioned God(s) that Kazan doesn't throw a **** fit, and you that the coders still don't make you pay royalties.


And that's just the engine, mateys

[JBX-Blitzwing]

Wow, do people still play this game?  I found this site by accident and happened to stumble across my old login

Is the old lobby defunct now?  I guess this is probably old news to you lot, but I haven't played this game in about 3 years!