Derek Smart Lusting Rights To Freespace?

WMCoolmon writes "Derek Smart (of Battlecruiser 3000 AD PC space-sim fame) has started a thread on the Adrenaline Vault forums stating that he is looking into buying the Freespace rights from Interplay and building his own Freespace 3. (For those of you who have not heard of Freespace, it is a space shooter developed by Volition Inc. and Interplay in 1998, which has received almost univeral acclaim.) Discussion has turned particularly ugly following Derek Smart's post on the main Freespace 2 fan site. In addition, he has threatened to shut down the Ferrium Project (an open-source project meant to replace the aging engine of Freespace 2) if he gets the license. To quote Derek: 'I have FULL intentions of getting this license. If I DO get it, you and your teenny leetle friends on your Ferrous Oxide project, are effectively, shutdown because I don't piss around when it comes to IP properties'."

Go Derek, It's your Birthday!

[antigrimace]

Just give'er Derek. It is your time to shine. Lets see a AAA title based on the FS Univers, that would rock!

Derek Smart's DESKTOP COMMANDER!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

Extremely funny video made by SomethingAwful. The two relevant movies are at the bottom of the list.

Linkage [somethingawful.com]

Re:Go Derek, It's your Birthday!

[Dot.Com.CEO]

Hello. I am Derek Smart. The papers are on their way.

I think a Star Wars quote is appropriate...

[the_skywise]

"The more you tighten your grip, the more games will slip through your fingers."

IP?

[BenjyD]

shutdown because I don't piss around when it comes to IP properties'."

I assume he'll be getting the money for the court case from an ATM Machine after entering his PIN Number.

The new Freespace 3 release schedule

[Ath]

The following schedule milestones have been defined for the new Freespace 3 game from none other than Derek Smart:

• 07/01/2009 - Initial release
• 01/01/2010 - Patch to make the installer work.
• 06/01/2010 - Patch to allow the game to start.
• 09/01/2010 - First draft of the manual.
• 10/01/2010 - First lawsuit from Mr. Smart against the publisher.
• 12/01/2010 - Class action lawsuit from the game purchasers against Mr. Smart.
• 01/01/2011 - Class action lawsuit from Mr. Smart against the game purchasers for slander.
• 05/01/2011 - Patch to the game released that allows the intro screen to function.
• ...and the list could go on and on...