I found this Jumpgate clone

king0815

Opengate

Do you think that they will bring it online?

Lordopic

Would they need a good lawyer if they did ?, here's my card

Jump

Quote:

Microsoft©'s Freelancer© has similarities to Jumpgate and Opengate.

They snuck that in there. Does that mean they are using the freelancer engine?

Nohbody

If they made it something similar to Jumpgate, it wouldn't be a problem. Using the same designs and names (down to the TRI symbol, if colored differently), though, is just asking for trouble if they go live with it.

Radi

Hmmm...I think they want to get sued. It looks like Jumpgate but with better graphics.

According to their main site it is a remake of Jumpgate.

SourceForge.net: Open Jumpgate

Elmdor

Technically Emulators are legal AFAIK as long as they don't charge money for service. Lineage 2 and EQ has em.

spork

Hm, Opera 8 won't play thier website quite right. And IE6 only shows this:

Quote:

We are terribly sorry. The Microsoft© Internet Explorer© isn't compatible with common web standards. Viewing this website is not possible.

While I really do sympathize with elitist-techno-snobs who think that MS is the devil, instantly alienating all the millions of MicroSheep out of hand is about the stupidist thing thing I've ever heard of...well, maybe it's the second stupidest, right behind creating a open source clone of a game with a tiny following even in its prime.

I don't see how exact copies of the graphics, ship designs, and names could possibly be legal. But all that said, if it takes off and actually gets enough pilots to be fun, I'd probably d/l Firefox and play it.

Smegit

If they get it to the same stage as Jumpgate is currently, and get enough developers, they could take it a lot further than Jumpgate. Thinking of putting my name forward to it!

On the legal issue I couldn't say, surely they have researched this before starting.

I've checked out the graphics engine they are using, its capable of some serious stuff. Screenshots don't do it justice, hope they try to take it further.

Smeg

Powo

I wish this project's media contents were more original than having Jumpgate's contents in the game doesn't matter if it was made from scratch or not.. just to be legally safe.

On the other note, it sounds like that it may be a dead project because the site hasn't been updated since October 2006.

There are a large number of inactive projects on SF.

Smegit

I agree with you Powo, in many ways. However, I am seeking answers to what the future of the project is. I will post directly when I have answers.

Smeg

Nohbody

I wouldn't be the least bit surprised that if the authors gave any thought to copyright issues at all, it was only as far as to suspect that a small company like ND wouldn't consider the OG team worth filing suit against.

A stupid idea to bet that way, maybe, but not exactly uncommon with the Open Source cult^H^H^Hrowd.

Smegit

Well, no answers to any questions so far, so you may all be right

If so its damn stupid to can a project after this length of time! I spent 2 years on a similar project before it was obvious it had ended. And the client already had more features the Jumpgate has currently! (Canned because of no-one knowing how to do the net code, hmmmm, maybe should check some of the new Open source network engines, should still have the code hanging about somewhere

)

Smeg

Poseidon

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Originally Posted by Smegit

Well, no answers to any questions so far, so you may all be right

If so its damn stupid to can a project after this length of time! I spent 2 years on a similar project before it was obvious it had ended. And the client already had more features the Jumpgate has currently! (Canned because of no-one knowing how to do the net code, hmmmm, maybe should check some of the new Open source network engines, should still have the code hanging about somewhere

)

Smeg

RakNet - Multiplayer game network engine

TRI Pilots On Duty
On Duty:	31
In Flight:	17
Solrain:	4
Octavius:	12
Quantar:	15
TRI:	0

Category	Pilot	Score
Kills	Algore	2,703
Kill Ratio*	_KROM_	470.000 %
Bounty Collected	Killntime	402,838,097
Munitions Accuracy*	Psycho	85.916 %
Projectile Accuracy*	Psycho	96.61 %
Total Conflux Kills	vorlon31	148,206
Experience	Adi564	100,000,000
Mission Success Ratio*	Arkady	100 %
Insurance Rating*	Knork	10 %
Net Worth	McPlowed	c22,490,150,404
Duty Hours	RedDwarf	16,502.3
*minimum requirements to qualify


	king0815 Cadet Pilot Name: king0815 Joystick: Saitek Cyborg 3D Force Join Date: May 2005 Location: Hamburg Posts: 74	I found this Jumpgate clone Opengate Do you think that they will bring it online?
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	Nohbody Kalralahr, The Drakhai Pilot Name: Nohbody Joystick: TM Top Gun Fox2 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Taylors, SC, USA Posts: 380	If they made it something similar to Jumpgate, it wouldn't be a problem. Using the same designs and names (down to the TRI symbol, if colored differently), though, is just asking for trouble if they go live with it.
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	Radi Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 625	Hmmm...I think they want to get sued. It looks like Jumpgate but with better graphics. According to their main site it is a remake of Jumpgate. SourceForge.net: Open Jumpgate


	Elmdor Member Pilot Name: Elmdor Faction: Quantar Joystick: Microsoft FF2 Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 277	Technically Emulators are legal AFAIK as long as they don't charge money for service. Lineage 2 and EQ has em.
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	Smegit Member Pilot Name: Smegit Faction: non-aligned Joystick: Microsoft Sidewinder Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Possibly the pub Posts: 169	If they get it to the same stage as Jumpgate is currently, and get enough developers, they could take it a lot further than Jumpgate. Thinking of putting my name forward to it! On the legal issue I couldn't say, surely they have researched this before starting. I've checked out the graphics engine they are using, its capable of some serious stuff. Screenshots don't do it justice, hope they try to take it further. Smeg
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	Powo Member Joystick: Saitek Cyborg EVO Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: California Posts: 117	I wish this project's media contents were more original than having Jumpgate's contents in the game doesn't matter if it was made from scratch or not.. just to be legally safe. On the other note, it sounds like that it may be a dead project because the site hasn't been updated since October 2006. There are a large number of inactive projects on SF.