What's all this talk?
I tell you, I turn by back for a moment...
Look, there is no response because Civ4 is a big priority right now and people in this industry really have to be hassled repeatedly before they'll be bothered to look into free stuff.
Let's face it, getting the code released is at the very bottom of anyone's list of priorities--minus us. Not to mention that the code has changed hands three or four times (I've lost count) since Civ2:ToT v1.1 was released--assuming it has changed hands and wasn't just lost in the chaos way back when MP went splat--so even if it exists, who has it? That's really the biggest problem: the CtP code was released by the same company that developed the game whereas the Civ2 code would have to be released (if it exists) by a different company from the one that originally developed the game.
The thing right now is to determine if someone has the code. AFAIK, the law requires only that Take-Two authorize the release--Atari/Infograms may still have a copy, for example. (If it's a matter of technicality, the party that has the only existing copy can 'give' it to TK2 and then they can officially release it.) Heck, even Hasbro might still have a copy (they would have the ToT v1.1 code as I understand it). Someone has to talk first. And thus far, nobody from the above-mentioned companies has made a peep because from what I've read here, the only person that has been contacted so far is at Firaxis.
Code is already so old that nobody would care. The only people who would actually see it would be civers--and they won't complain...much.
I tell you, I turn by back for a moment...
Look, there is no response because Civ4 is a big priority right now and people in this industry really have to be hassled repeatedly before they'll be bothered to look into free stuff.
Let's face it, getting the code released is at the very bottom of anyone's list of priorities--minus us. Not to mention that the code has changed hands three or four times (I've lost count) since Civ2:ToT v1.1 was released--assuming it has changed hands and wasn't just lost in the chaos way back when MP went splat--so even if it exists, who has it? That's really the biggest problem: the CtP code was released by the same company that developed the game whereas the Civ2 code would have to be released (if it exists) by a different company from the one that originally developed the game.
The thing right now is to determine if someone has the code. AFAIK, the law requires only that Take-Two authorize the release--Atari/Infograms may still have a copy, for example. (If it's a matter of technicality, the party that has the only existing copy can 'give' it to TK2 and then they can officially release it.) Heck, even Hasbro might still have a copy (they would have the ToT v1.1 code as I understand it). Someone has to talk first. And thus far, nobody from the above-mentioned companies has made a peep because from what I've read here, the only person that has been contacted so far is at Firaxis.
No third party AFAIK (at least none that still exist).
Code is already so old that nobody would care. The only people who would actually see it would be civers--and they won't complain...much.
