Liberation

The story behind the open sourcing of Warzone 2100...

The Warzone 2100 source code was released to the public on 7th December 2004.

In December 2004 Warzone was released by its copyright holders, Eidos-Interactive™, to the public under the GNU General Public License (GPL) (later clarified to include the soundtrack and videos as well), and the Warzone 2100 Project (formerly known as Warzone 2100 Resurrection Project) was born, to continue developing the game as an open source project.

http://www.petitiononline.com/petitions/pumpkin2/signatures

http://wz2100.net/old-site/about

http://forums.wz2100.net/viewtopic.php?t=1818

History

Warzone's life story in detail:

Pumpkin Studios — The original developers of Warzone 2100...
NEWST — After the demise of Pumpkin Studios, a dedicated group of Warzone 2100 fans set up NEWST in order to continue development...
Pumpkin-2
Liberation — The story behind the open sourcing of Warzone 2100...
The Warzone 2100 Project
Warzone Versions — A brief history of Warzone releases on Windows, Linux and Mac.
Development Activity — 235 years worth of contributions visualised on one page...