Comments on: Another iPhone 'Quake' Port Strives for App Store Acceptance

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:06:56 +0000

I agree. It is clearly possibly for a dev to make a port that will creep by apple restrictions.

By: Christopher Price

Christopher Price — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:35:08 +0000

Arn, as I indicated on my blog article on the matter… if that was the reason, there are several (perfectly legal) ways to work around that (already in use on other App Store ports and games).

For example, the app could download the shareware version of Quake from ID's web site, extract it, and deploy the maps inside of it. Alternatively, the iPhone could allow emailing or uploading of maps from another legal copy. Or, they could simply enable a switch for third-party mods and ignore the original maps completely.

None of these iD addressed, part of why I'm ticked that they so broadly over-generalized, poisoning the idea pool… it's really a chilling effect when a large company is willing to say something like that, I won't go as far as to call it a lie of omission… but it's certainly misleading to say any port of Quake is prohibited from the App Store.

By: arn

arn — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:08:58 +0000

@Christopher. I haven't looked into the terms and what's included in Quake source release, but I assumed that it was the Quake graphics/maps that ID laid claim to, rather than the source.

By: Christopher Price

Christopher Price — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:38:19 +0000

Unfortunately, it doesn't look like iD is being very clear here on the legalities associated with the GPL. Fortunately, I can be clear where they chose not to be:

http://www.christopherprice.net/quake-on-iphone-illegal-isnt-id-really-needs-spoeksperson-756.html

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By: ¿Para cúando Quake en iPhone y iPod Touch?

¿Para cúando Quake en iPhone y iPod Touch? — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:18:25 +0000

[...] lo comentaba él mismo en su foro (podeis leer la noticia más extendida aquí). Sin embargo según Touch Arcade se debe más a motivos de licencia que a otra cosa. El port de Zodttd podría ser ilegal, aunque no [...]

By: EchoBravo

EchoBravo — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:16:18 +0000

The problem for id Software… they don't want to see Apple Inc. profiting from Quake while they make ZIP! Yes, even if its released FREE in the AppStore, Apple can run a commercial showing off the Quake app and increasing iPhone and Ipod Touch sales by another 2.5% for the quarter. And Apple WILL do it!!

By: sendblink

sendblink — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:06:24 +0000

No matter what I've been playing ZOD's version since, 2.0 was jailbreaked, (in other words LONG BEFORE you guys started making a Quake port, in which already was started on before FW versions of iPhones, but the 2.0 version was created for the AppStore idea)

Anyways, ID it wont be accepted your version, and if it were, you probably have to pay allot for the license(and keep paying them till iPhone App Store dies, they won't simply pay 1 fee, they would charge you % of your winnings on every sale). Thats what the original Quake owners will do to you, as for reality.

The only good idea… yes as mentioned before here, MOD IT to be a different game, and you would be well off Really good Accepted on AppStore

By: Quake fürs iPhone - daheads blog²

Quake fürs iPhone - daheads blog² — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:40:12 +0000

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By: funkyellowmonkey(ps3 id)

funkyellowmonkey(ps3 id) — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:24:50 +0000

Ipod touch GTA FTW!!!