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by manytimesaway 5 hours ago
Xash3D is not really open-source. The original codebase comes from leaked/decompiled code, and nowadays still requires the proprietary HLSDK to build.
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Can you provide citations for this? The original Xash3D engine is listed as open source on ModDB
Example discussion here : https://github.com/FWGS/xash3d-fwgs/issues/63#issuecomment-9...

HN comment from a major maintainer here : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38314427

Valve has confirmed that it violates the HLSDK EULA, too. At least for the original Xash3D release.