Will Id Tech 5 ever be released under GNU?

[Simon Riley]

It's been a while since Id Tech 6 has been released, so when do you think Id Tech 5 will be released under a GNU license?  And if not, why not?

[Remilia Scarlet]

I'm not sure, but I definitely hope it'll get released under GPLv3 or something similar.

[Vorpal]

If they're an asset of zenimax, never.

[Simon Riley]

5 minutes ago, Vorpal said:

If they're an asset of zenimax, never.

But then again, if they produce something else to use instead of Id Tech 5, what's the point of keeping it if they don't even use it?

[Vorpal]

7 minutes ago, Mike Anderson said:

But then again, if they produce something else to use instead of Id Tech 5, what's the point of keeping it if they don't even use it?

 

Because Director's Cut, followed by the Reboot, followed by 50 ports to tomorrow's mobile/VR platforms, followed by proprietary retro units like the the SNES Classic.

[DMPhobos]

I don't think so, ever since zenimax bought id, and carmack left, i don't think that they have the same freedom to release it to the public

[Edward850]

23 minutes ago, Mike Anderson said:

But then again, if they produce something else to use instead of Id Tech 5, what's the point of keeping it if they don't even use it?

You assuming they even can. Id Tech 6 started using Wwise, Id Tech 5 is known for using a specific image compression format, and both of them could very will be using other 3rd party libraries. If they are and they are too deeply ingrained to the engine, there's no source code release. Period.

[Simon Riley]

2 minutes ago, Edward850 said:

You assuming they even can. Id Tech 6 started using Wwise, Id Tech 5 is known for using a specific image compression format, and both of them could very will be using other 3rd party libraries. If they are and they are too deeply ingrained to the engine, there's no source code release. Period.

 

Yeah, I see what you mean, while Carmack was still with Id Software, he talked about having to remove 3rd party libraries, like he did when they released Id Tech 4 to the public.

[Lila Feuer]

Seeing as Carmack is gone it's most likely zilch. Besides it was a terribly designed engine anyway.

[Simon Riley]

So I guess the only thing to do would be to update the current GPL engines, like It Tech 1-4?

[Edward850]

Doom3BFG, which was released, has parts of idTech5. It has all its multi-threading code at the very least.

[Cacodemon345]

There is no chance that idtech 5 source code will ever be released to the public. ZeniMax removed external licensing from all of their future engines starting with idtech 5.

[chungy]

John Carmack was pretty much the only person at the company that cared about the open source releases, and even his conviction wasn't very strong.

 

It would be nice, for certain, but doubtful.