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The last id engine released under the GPL was id tech 4, i.e. the Doom 3 engine (and the updated BFG version)*. id tech 5, 6, and 7 have since been used in Rage
by daniel-thompson 5y ago
The last id engine released under the GPL was id tech 4, i.e. the Doom 3 engine (and the updated BFG version)*. id tech 5, 6, and 7 have since been used in Rage (2011), Doom (2016), and Doom Eternal (2020). Carmack was the only guy who both cared about open-source and had the juice to make it happen, but he left in 2013. So I kinda doubt it.
* https://github.com/id-Software https://github.com/id-Software
- FartyMcFarter 5y agoAnother possible reason is that newer game engines tend to have dependencies on external libraries that aren't easy/legal to open-source or reimplement.
- Conan_Kudo 5y agoNope. It stopped because he wasn't there to help make it happen. id Tech 5 was supposed to get an OSS release, but Carmack resigned before it could be completed.
- account42 5y agoThey could still dump the remainder of the engine and people would fill in the holes.
- lostmsu 5y agore: Carmack. I wish we'd see GPL Oculus firmware.
- sigg3 5y agoFrom Facebook?
- shdh 5y agohttps://github.com/TTimo https://github.com/TTimo also cared about open sourcing these engines