Erich Schubert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > At least the Source _is_ useful for novice programmers that are > > > interested in 3d game programming. > > > > How does Quake differ from any other projects in contrib in this way? > > Software in contrib needs non-free software to run. > But the source of quake2 certainly is useful without the commercial game > data.
You didn't answer the question. How is this different from everything else in contrib? Quake2 also needs non-free software to run. > which is not true for the quake2 engine, which is certainly a nice thing > to study for programmers. But so is everything in contrib.