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The Raven source code licensing issue was a problem caused by the license used by Raven Software to release the source code to their games, Heretic and Hexen. In January 1999, the source code to both Heretic and Hexen was released by Raven, albeit under a restrictive EULA [1] that prohibits many uses of the code and is incompatible with the GNU GPL. At the time of its release, the Doom source itself was only available under the Doom Source License, which was itself incompatible with the GPL.

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  • The Raven source code licensing issue was a problem caused by the license used by Raven Software to release the source code to their games, Heretic and Hexen. In January 1999, the source code to both Heretic and Hexen was released by Raven, albeit under a restrictive EULA [1] that prohibits many uses of the code and is incompatible with the GNU GPL. At the time of its release, the Doom source itself was only available under the Doom Source License, which was itself incompatible with the GPL.
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  • The Raven source code licensing issue was a problem caused by the license used by Raven Software to release the source code to their games, Heretic and Hexen. In January 1999, the source code to both Heretic and Hexen was released by Raven, albeit under a restrictive EULA [1] that prohibits many uses of the code and is incompatible with the GNU GPL. At the time of its release, the Doom source itself was only available under the Doom Source License, which was itself incompatible with the GPL. The Doom source was later re-released under the GNU GPL; however, the Heretic and Hexen sources were not similarly re-released. Raven later released the Hexen 2 source under the GPL [2], but did not do the same for the Heretic and Hexen source. As of September 4th 2008, the license is no longer an issue, as the Heretic and Hexen sources were re-released under the GPL by Raven.
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