Based on the last ownership of Westwood Studios, EA probably owns the rights to the Red Alert sprites. So "should be fine" depends on how litigious EA chooses to be.
My first instinct when I see EA is to assume the worst, but they've allowed "Return of Reckoning" (an unlicensed version of their now closed MMO: "Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning") to remain operating for years now so I really have no idea.
I would think that OpenRA can use the Telsa coils (and other copyrighted elements) because it's a mod for Command & Conquer, which wouldn't be transferable to another project unrelated to C&C
it's not a mod, but regarding the assets owned by EA, it's using the license granted by the 'C&C Franchise Modding Guidelines' [0], so that's why I used that word
You don’t. I just installed it yesterday on a new Linux laptop. What’s interesting about openra is you can run multiple copies at the same time on the same machine to play against yourself for fun
I don't think that is a valid legal argument.
Based on the last ownership of Westwood Studios, EA probably owns the rights to the Red Alert sprites. So "should be fine" depends on how litigious EA chooses to be.