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LibreQuake aims to create a completely free Quake alternative compatible with mods

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/librequake-aims-to-create-a-completely-free-quake-alternative-compatible-with-mods/

In a similar spirit to Freedoom, for Quake fans perhaps you'll want to take a look at LibreQuake, which aims to do a similar thing to allow you to play Quake content with completely open source software.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/25312852

14 comments

UltraGiGaGigantic

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copyright used to only by 14 years plus a one time extention of another 14 years. Since quake 1 was released in 1996, it would be free for all to play with. Imagine being free to play with our own culture without all these work around.

Imagine being free. I can't honestly. Like a fish ,whose entire life was in a bowel, trying to imagine a ocean.

everett

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Whose entire life was in a... what?

Cenotaph

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I mean it would be pretty hard to imagine an ocean if all you knew was bowels

bizdelnick

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Isn't Quake already open source?

RmDebArc_5

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All of the Quake data files remain copyrighted and licensed under the original terms, so you cannot redistribute data from the original game, but if you do a true total conversion, you can create a standalone game based on this code.

As I understand it the engine is Foss but the assets aren’t, like the doom engine vs the doom wad.

pastermil

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So I would presume this libre alternative would have all the assets free, no?

RmDebArc_5

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According to their GitHub the art is BSD licensed and the rest GPL

bjoern_tantau

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This seems to be similar to Freedoom.

InFerNo

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Or OpenArena

96VXb9ktTjFnRi

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Been playing some Xonotic recently. Good times with FOSS.

HereIAm

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Do I understand it right that it's a free replacement of the still copyrighted game assists such as textures and models, and not the code itself? I'm curios if the level design wouldn't also fall into this.

gramgan

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Wait, so there’s multiple engines? Someone explain this to me—if I wanted to play free Quake in the simplest way, what exactly would I need to install?

RmDebArc_5

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This is not an engine, this is the freedoom equivalent for quake. You will need a quake engine like QuakeSpasmSpiked and then follow the how to play instructions.

RayOfSunlight

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The Flatpak version comes with Quakespasm engine, so you won't need to worry about the source port.