High Noon with Smokin' Guns

[Hans de Goede]

Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Hans de Goede wrote:
>> Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Quake 3 mod. Pretty interesting. Anyone wants to package?
>>>
>>> http://www.linux.com/feature/142226
>>>
>>> "Since the release of the Quake 3 engine source code in summer 2005 a 
>>> lot of modifications and spin-offs have emerged. One such spin-off, 
>>> Smokin' Guns (formerly known as Western Quake 3), is all about 
>>> classical Wild West themes: big rifles and revolvers, wailing steel 
>>> guitars, bank robberies, and smooth talking. It's a game you don't 
>>> want to miss"
>>>
>>
>> Not exactly opensource I'm afraid, see:
>> http://www.smokin-guns.net/viewtopic.php?t=366
>> http://www.smokin-guns.net/viewtopic.php?t=721
>>
>> Someone could wip together an autodownloader launcher, as they seem to 
>> use an unmodified q3a engine.
> 
> This sounds like they haven't really thought about it much. Maybe we 
> could reach out and see if they are willing to relicense?
> 

The first step would be to contact the original author, (Iron Claw on the 
forum), without his permission to relicense his original work on which 
Smokin'Guns is based we're not going anywhere.

Feel free to contact him about this.

Regards,

Hans