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<title>Uplink Developer CD</title>
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<td> </td>
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<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><font size="+2">Uplink
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Developer CD</font></b></font></p>
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<p align="left"> </p>
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<p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Introversion
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Software has released the Uplink Developer CD. This CD contains,
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amoungst other things, the <b>complete source code</b> to Uplink
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and all supporting tools and libraries. </font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">This
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Developer CD has been a heated topic of discussion at Introversion
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for some time. We've had plenty of arguments about the pros and
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cons of releasing the source to the public. There has always been
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a plan to release the source code to Uplink at some point, but this
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has never been possible due to commercial licensing problems - Introversion
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could easily be put out of business if loads of free Uplink clones
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started appearing on the market. We eventually came to the conclusion
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that we'd have to wait until Uplink was no longer a "commercial"
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product - but this means we'd be looking at sometime mid 2004 at
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the earliest. </font></p>
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<div align="right"><img src="docs/graphics/devcd.gif" alt="dev cd" width="250" height="250"></div>
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<p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">We've
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decided to bring that date forward. We will have to impose a license on
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the use of the source code - this won't be Open Source - and we will be
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charging for that license. This means we will be keeping fairly close
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control over this release. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">We
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will also introduce a new forum channel, but we'll keep it closed to the
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public and only allow genuine Uplink developers inside. This will be the
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perfect place for programmers to talk about the Uplink source code and
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their mods, and to get help from the Developers themselves. </font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">This
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really is a fantastic opportunity for people to do whatever they want
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with the Uplink source code. You could create new mission types, or add
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in your very own plot. You could create new computer types. New easter
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eggs. If you were feeling particularly ambitious you might try and create
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a whole new type of system to attack - just like the LAN systems we introduced
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in patch1.2 - complete with new graphics, new software tools, new challenges.
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You could even try and add more networking functionality to the game -
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but only if you're really brave ;) In short, there are a million things
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a determined programmer could do with this source code.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">The
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<a href="http://www.uplink.co.uk/developer/developercd.html">documentation for the Developer CD is also available online</a>.</font></p>
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<br>
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<blockquote>
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<b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="+1"><img src="docs/graphics/greensquare.gif" alt="-" width="16" height="16" align="top">
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<a href="http://store.introversion.co.uk">Order a Developer CD</a></font></b><br><br>
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<b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="+1"><img src="docs/graphics/greensquare.gif" alt="-" width="16" height="16" align="top">
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<a href="docs/developerforum.html">Accessing the Developer Forum</a></font></b><br><br>
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<b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="+1"><img src="docs/graphics/greensquare.gif" alt="-" width="16" height="16" align="top">
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<a href="docs/getting%20started.html">Compiling Uplink : Getting Started</a></font></b><br><br>
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<b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="+1"><img src="docs/graphics/greensquare.gif" alt="-" width="16" height="16" align="top">
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<a href="docs/getting%20started%20dev%20studio.html">Compiling Uplink : Microsoft Visual Studio 2005</a></font></b><br><br>
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<b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="+1"><img src="docs/graphics/greensquare.gif" alt="-" width="16" height="16" align="top">
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<a href="docs/getting%20started%20linux.html">Compiling Uplink : Linux</a></font></b><br><br>
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<b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="+1"><img src="docs/graphics/greensquare.gif" alt="-" width="16" height="16" align="top">
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<a href="docs/quick%20source%20tour.html">Quick source code Tour</a></font></b><br><br>
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<b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="+1"><img src="docs/graphics/greensquare.gif" alt="-" width="16" height="16" align="top">
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<a href="docs/directory%20listing.html">Directory Listing</a></font></b><br><br>
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<b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="+1"><img src="docs/graphics/greensquare.gif" alt="-" width="16" height="16" align="top">
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<a href="docs/license.html">License Agreement</a></font></b><br><br>
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