Half-Life port to other language.

[schoening]

I read through the license. Would I be allowed to use Textures and Models in a free game written in another language? Or would I be allowed to port the engine into another language and then write my game? The license did not specify that.

[JoelTroch]

I think that you are allowed to port Half-Life to another language/platform (for example : Half-Life on the Wii or Half-Life in C#) as long as you don't include any Half-Life's assets (such as textures/models/sounds), however, you can't use them in your own standalone game, the only exception when you can use Half-Life's assets is if you create a mod or a total conversation that require the original game to play it.

To resume :

• You are allowed to use textures and models to create a mod or total conversion that requires Half-Life to be played.
• You are allowed to port/recreate the engine on another language and/or platform as long as you don't include any Half-Life's assets (Xash3D for example).
• You are not allowed to use assets in a game that doesn't requires Half-Life to be played.

[tschumann]

Which license? I highly doubt you can use Half-Life assets in anything but a Half-Life mod. When you buy the game you're buying a license to access the textures, models etc, and if you're using the content in a game that doesn't require Half-Life to run then you're effectively giving players of your game access to the textures, models etc without paying for Half-Life.