![]() ![]() ![]() Source ports share the similarity with unofficial patches that both don't change the original gameplay as such projects are by definition mods. Source ports are in no way meant to encourage copyright infringement of software. A legitimate source port includes only the engine portion of the game and require that the data files of the game in question already be present on users' systems. Since the majority of Doom players were DOS users the first step for a fan project was to port the Linux source code to DOS. Due to copyright issues concerning the sound library used by the original DOS version, id Software released only the source code to the Linux version of the game. The term was coined after the release of the source code to Doom. Source ports are often created by fans after the original developer hands over the maintenance support for a game by releasing its source code to the public (see List of commercial video games with later released source code). ![]()
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