Volition, syarikat yang mencipta permainan video FreeSpace 2 yang dibeli oleh THQ pada tahun 2000. Dengan Interplay Entertainment memiliki lesen bagi siri FreeSpace, Volition tidak pernah menyambung siri itu. Dave Baranec mengeluarkan kod untuk enjin permainanFreeSpace 2 pada 25 April 2002.[1][3] Ini membolehkan pelbagai pengguna untuk mengubahsuai enjin itu tanpa had-had. Tetapi, kerana kod punca di bawah lesen bukan kommersial,[4] ia gagal sebagai perisian bebas dan punca terbuka.
Satu projek (dengan tujuan untuk mengubahsuai permainan) di bawah nama Projek Kod Punca FreeSpace 2 yang ditubuhkan. Di bawah pimpinan Edward "Inquisitor" Gardner, kumpulan ini dipimpin oleh Tyler "DahBlount" Blount, selepas Ian "Goober5000" Warfield, Taylor Richards, Cliff "Chief1983" Gordon and Fabian "The E" Woltermann.
Lesen asal FreeSpace 2 mempunyai kenyataan aneh, yang membolehkan orang untuk membuat salinan untuk kawan-kawan.[5] Tetapi, tak ada kenyataan dalam lesen di dalam komputer untuk semua tiga versi permainan. Tiada kenyataan dalam buku atau lesen diperbaiki permainan,[6][7][8] semuanya yang baharu daripadanya.
Kandungan yang dicipta membolehkan penggunaan enjin permainan. Kandungan itu termasuklah model dan tekstur, membuat enjin permainan yang moden.
Projek
Projek FS2 Open melibatkan enjin permainan FreeSpace 2.
^FreeSpace 2 (Setup application) (ed. 1.00). Interplay Entertainment. 1998-10-03. ISBN1-57629-495-1. CD-W58-1048-0. The Software, including, without limitation, all code, data structures, characters, images, sounds, text, screens, gameplay, derivative works and all other elements of the Software may not be copied (except as provided below), resold, rented, leased, distributed (electronically or otherwise), used on pay-per-play, coin-op or other for-charge basis, or for any commercial purpose. You may make copies of the Software for your personal noncommercial home entertainment use and to give to friends and acquaintances on a no cost noncommercial basis. This limited right to copy the Software expressly excludes any copying or distribution of the Software on a commercial basis, including, without limitation, bundling the product with any other product or service and any giveaway of the Software in connection with another product or service. Any permissions granted herein are provided on a temporary basis and can be withdrawn by Interplay Productions at any time.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.
^FreeSpace 2 (Instruction manual) (ed. 1.00). Interplay Entertainment. 1999-09-30. m/s. 70. ISBN1-57629-495-1. MN-W58-1048-0. The Software, including, without limitation, all code, data structures, characters, images, sounds, text, screens, gameplay, derivative works and all other elements of the Software may not be copied (except as provided below), resold, rented, leased, distributed (electronically or otherwise), used on 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.
^FreeSpace 2 (Readme file) (ed. 1.00). Interplay Entertainment. 1999-09-14. ISBN1-57629-495-1. The Software, including, without limitation, all code, data structures, characters, images, sounds, text, screens, gameplay, derivative works and all other elements of the Software may not be copied (except as provided below), resold, rented, leased, distributed (electronically or otherwise), used on 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.
^FreeSpace 2 (Readme file) (ed. 1.20). Interplay Entertainment. 1999-11-04. ISBN1-57629-495-1. The Software, including, without limitation, all code, data structures, characters, images, sounds, text, screens, gameplay, derivative works and all other elements of the Software may not be copied (except as provided below), resold, rented, leased, distributed (electronically or otherwise), used on 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.
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