Yep.
And this time if it is released alota BT sites won't take it down since it is a bonifide game.
They took down the source code not so much outta threats from Valve but out of respect and the notion that pretty much no good can come from having the source code leaked...
True, but I imagine with a little bit of legality threats or even a ring up to the ISP provider of the tracker might convince them.
When the tracker goes down torrent downloads become very ugly...
Its a giant conspiracy against you.
Anyway, even if ATi had some of the code to play around with, I seriously doubt Terry would let someone in the software department have "casual" access to it...
Hmmm, seems like people took my term paper analogy out of context ;(
All well,and as for the leak.
I would never ever download a HL2 beta, even though it would be out weeks in advance of retail. /Bill Clinton mode.
....I would try really hard not to!!!!! I really would!
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Utter bull about underhanded devs not using or at least learning from the source code...
Think back to the days when you needed a term paper, and FAST! What did you do? Copy of course. But did you copy and paste? Hell no!
You shifted the body around, reworded the thesis statement, did a...