I wish more older games would have their source released, even if not under the GPL. I worry that for many games the source is simply lost forever. At least put it out there for preservation in some way!
> Is there any plan to do a source-code release of any of the games you've re-released?
> We have released the source to Strife: Veteran Edition[1] and we are planning on releasing more code in the future.
The source code here will be of limited use until it's heavily reworked to compile on modern systems. It's a lot of work, but not as much work as reverse-engineering the game and building an engine implementation from scratch, and this source seems like it has most of the Mac-specific stuff under a separate directory, which would make it easier than otherwise.
I wish for Fallout 1 and 2 sources. I think there would be strong community interest in hacking it.
I think that many companies would agree to release sources of abandonware games upon appropriate request from a fan base community, with the goal of preserving, maintaining and advancing the original title. In fact this is strategically beneficial action for the company, not from a financial perspective, but you can imagine some extra attention and buzz being created if the game was to be revived.
It’s possible that many companies are not even aware of devoted communities around their older titles.
"Guys, why haven't you done the expansions?"
"Hurr durr we've lost the code."