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This new wiki page is a start. The info here its actually in alpha state.
 
 
 
===Quake Trademark===
 
===Quake Trademark===
 
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Quake is a registered trademark of id Software. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners. Shambler, Fiend and other characters may also be property of id software.
Quake is a registered trademark of id Software. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners. Shambler, Fiend and other characters may also be property of the  id software.
 
  
 
===Engine===
 
===Engine===
You can download [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GPL] versions of the Quake engine.
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The source code of the Quake engine has been released under the free and open-source [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GPL license]. You can find it on [https://github.com/id-Software/Quake GitHub] or the [ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/source/q1source.zip id Software FTP server].
  
===Medias===
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===Media===
Original models, maps, textures ... property of Id Software. There exist a few full replacement projects with GPL license.
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Original models, maps, textures etc are property of id Software and not available under a free license. There exist a few full replacement projects with GPL license.
  
 
The Quake palette, though, has been permitted by John Carmack to be freely distributed (citation needed).
 
The Quake palette, though, has been permitted by John Carmack to be freely distributed (citation needed).

Revision as of 20:36, 26 May 2013

Quake Trademark

Quake is a registered trademark of id Software. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners. Shambler, Fiend and other characters may also be property of id software.

Engine

The source code of the Quake engine has been released under the free and open-source GPL license. You can find it on GitHub or the id Software FTP server.

Media

Original models, maps, textures etc are property of id Software and not available under a free license. There exist a few full replacement projects with GPL license.

The Quake palette, though, has been permitted by John Carmack to be freely distributed (citation needed).

Compiler tools

A set of compilers tools has been released as GPL.

Legal Discussions

Unspecified user added a To-Do; add here links to forums threads about the legal status of the quake stuff..

http://www.quakesrc.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4703