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EA Open-Sources Command & Conquer Red Alert


In a surprising announcement, Electronic Arts announced today that they have open-sourced Command and Conquer Red Alert under the GPL license along with Command and Conquer Tiberian Dawn and related titles.

EA today open-sourced Command & Conquer Tiberian Dawn, Red Alert, Renegade, and Generals - Zero Hour. Beyond just making the old source code available, EA has enabled Steam Workshop support for more Command and Conquer title. Command & Conquer Red Alert released back in 1996 and thus requires building against the Microsoft DirectX 5 SDK and other older components.

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