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 Though Tremulous features a similar theme and game-play to Natural Selection,the developers say it is neither based on it nor inspired by it. According to the developers, development on the game began "long before NS was in the public domain". Though Tremulous features a similar theme and game-play to Natural Selection,the developers say it is neither based on it nor inspired by it. According to the developers, development on the game began "long before NS was in the public domain".
  
-Following the release of the Quake III Arena source code under the GPL on August 19, 2005, the developers decided to rework Tremulous into a standalone, free and open source game. The current stable version, 1.1.0, was released on March 31, 2006 and is based upon ioquake3, a modified id Tech 3 engine. This version was better received than previous versions and attracted a considerable following in comparison to its peers.+Following the release of the Quake III Arena source code under the GPLv2 on August 19, 2005, the developers decided to rework Tremulous into a standalone, free and open source game. The current stable version, 1.1.0, was released on March 31, 2006 and is based upon ioquake3, a modified id Tech 3 engine. This version was better received than previous versions and attracted a considerable following in comparison to its peers.
  
-Tremulous is licensed under the GPL, although it includes code from other projects that was released under other GPL-compatible licenses. Most of the game media is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License.+Tremulous is licensed under the GNU GPL (v2+) license, although it includes a few libraries released under other GPL-compatible licenses. Most of the game media is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License.
  
 There are clients for playing Tremulous available for Windows and GNU/Linux, and an unofficial client for Mac OS X(for version 1.1). An official client is available for 1.2 Beta for Mac. The release of the game as free and open source software allows programmers to modify the game. A growing number of players are releasing patches for the game in order to remove bugs, add features to the game or modify the gameplay. Tony J. White (tjw), a key developer of the ETPub mod for Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, contributed an administrative system and a backported client that were soon incorporated into the official Subversion repository. There are clients for playing Tremulous available for Windows and GNU/Linux, and an unofficial client for Mac OS X(for version 1.1). An official client is available for 1.2 Beta for Mac. The release of the game as free and open source software allows programmers to modify the game. A growing number of players are releasing patches for the game in order to remove bugs, add features to the game or modify the gameplay. Tony J. White (tjw), a key developer of the ETPub mod for Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, contributed an administrative system and a backported client that were soon incorporated into the official Subversion repository.
  
-The latest development version is 1.2 beta "Gameplay Preview". It was released on December 4, 2009 for community testing and review. It has introduced a large number of gameplay as well as server and client changes and upgrades+The latest development version is 1.2 beta "Gameplay Preview". It was released on December 4, 2009 for community testing and review. It has introduced a large number of gameplay as well as server and client changes and upgrades.
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