[ET-1087]

I hope I have this right. Freespace 2 is now abandonware, correct? So therefore we are legally allowed to download/share it, etc. My problem is that the FTP site won't work for me. Is there any other way that I could get a copy of it?

Thanks in advance.

[JoeLo]

Heh might get banned for this but http://freespacezone.com
Note:You have to burn on a cd or use Daemon tools to mount it on a virtual drive. For info on how to use follow this http://google.com

[Unknown Target]

I doubt you'll get banned for it. But yea, that has working ISOs.

[Ghostavo]

And FreeSpace 2 is not abandonware.

[ET-1087]

Well so long as its for personal use...its okay right? As in no personal profit or even distribution.

[Unknown Target]

The line on whether or not FS2 is abandonware is grey - it is and it isn't. For instance, it's not "officially" abandonware, but Interplay hasn't put up any resistance, and Volition's released the source code and given their support for the distrobution.

[ET-1087]

Thanks, my only problem now is that the last file (disc3) won't dl.

[Setekh]

What error are you getting? The server might just be exhausted or overloaded with users.

Oh, and welcome to HLP ET-1087.

[ET-1087]

It just says, in the little status bar at the bottom:

"Stopped"

...lovely.  


Ah well. And thanks for the help.

[TrashMan]

I see you finally listend to me and asked for help here...

Didn't I tell you the comunnity here is great? 15 minutes and allreay dozens of perlies.

and yes...Welecome!

[JoeLo]

You can't download more than two ISOs at a time from that site.

[Charismatic]

Try it again, and good luck getting it working. But i beleive you can play FS2 w\o the 3rd disk. But its lower detail and res and all that i beleive. No movies ect..

[Annorax]

Originally posted by Charismatic
Try it again, and good luck getting it working. But i beleive you can play FS2 w\o the 3rd disk. But its lower detail and res and all that i beleive. No movies ect..

Yeah, but you can't install without it.

[Unknown Target]

If you deselect installing the command briefing anis, then you can

[Sandwich]

How many times does it have to be said? Freespace 2 was legally allowed to be distributed to friends and family on a no profit, non-commercial basis from the moment it hit shelves. Read the Liscence Agreement during the install.

[karajorma]

Originally posted by Sandwich
How many times does it have to be said? Freespace 2 was legally allowed to be distributed to friends and family on a no profit, non-commercial basis from the moment it hit shelves. Read the Liscence Agreement during the install.

We know that Sandwich but putting the files up on a website for anyone to download is unlikely to qualify for that since there is no way to be certain that only people you know are downloading it.

Hmmm. I think I'm going to have to add a definative answer to the FAQ as I seem to be seeing a lot of questions about the legality of distributing FS2 recently.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Sandwich
How many times does it have to be said? Freespace 2 was legally allowed to be distributed to friends and family on a no profit, non-commercial basis from the moment it hit shelves. Read the Liscence Agreement during the install.

I've never seen that, myself.  This was all I could find, from the readme.

Code: [Select]

SOFTWARE USE LIMITATIONS AND LIMITED LICENSE

General Product License. This copy of FreeSpace 2 (the "Software") is
intended solely for your personal non-commercial home entertainment use.
You may not decompile, reverse engineer, or disassemble the Software,
except as permitted by law. Interplay Entertainment Corp. and its
licensors retain all right, title and interest in the Software including
all intellectual property rights embodied therein and derivatives thereof.
The Software, including, without limitation, all code, data structures,
characters, images, sounds, text, screens, game play, derivative works and
all other elements of the Software may not be copied, resold, rented,
leased, distributed (electronically or otherwise), used on a pay-per-play,
coin-op or other for-charge basis, or for any commercial purpose.  Any
permissions granted herein are provided on a temporary basis and can be
withdrawn by Interplay Productions at any time. All rights not expressly
granted are reserved.

Modem and Network Play. If the Software contains modem or network play,
you may play the Software via modem transmission with another person or
persons directly without transmission through a third party service or
indirectly through a third party service only if such service is an
authorized licensee of Interplay. For the purpose of this license, a
"third party service" refers to any third party service which provides a
connection between two or more users of the Software, manages, organizes,
or facilitates game play, translates protocols, or otherwise provides a
service which commercially exploits the Software, but does not include a
third party service which merely provides a telephonic connection (and
nothing more) for modem or network play. Authorized licensee services
are listed on the Interplay Entertainment Corp. World Wide Web Site
located at [url]http://www.interplay.com.[/url] This limited right to transmit the
Software expressly excludes any transmission of the Software of any data
streams thereof on a commercial basis, including, without limitation,
transmitting the Software by way of a commercial service (excepting those
specific commercial services licensed by Interplay) which translates the
protocols or manages or organizes game play sessions.

Acceptance of License Terms. By downloading or acquiring and then retaining
this Software, you assent to the terms and restrictions of this limited
license. If you acquired the Software and do not accept the terms of this
limited license, you must return the Software together with all packaging,
manuals and other material contained therein to the store where you acquired
the Software for a full refund and if you downloaded the Software, you must
delete it.

[karajorma]

The readme is different from the one shown when actually installing the game.

Personally I reckon it was a protest introduced by [V] at the last minute when they saw how small Interplay's advertising budget was.

[Charismatic]

Interplay is dead. So whers the license? And if they sell it how can we find out who has it?

Any word on V? They doing well under THQ?

[Unknown Target]

Interplay is not dead, they still own it, and they haven't sold it. And why don't you just look at all the games :V: has made to see how they're doing?