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Instead, many people downloaded the demo yesterday and went to extract it from its ZIP archive only to be stopped by a warning from their anti-virus software. No, the game does not contain a trojan. Instead, antivirus software reacted to the way the game’s code is obfuscated to prevent reverse-engineering. Wait a second. The code is obfuscated to prevent reverse-engineering? The entire game engine would not exist were it not for the efforts of Sonic community members past and present reverse-engineering the original Sonic games and documenting their functions. The hypocrisy here is staggering. But that’s not even the most insulting part. Any attempt to modify any of the game’s files presents you with the following screen:



The license mentioned in the screen doesn’t even exist. It’s nowhere in any of the game’s documentation and is not presented upon starting the game. And, again, the engine this game runs on is based on reverse-engineered code. The entire project owes its existence to a community built around collaboration, the freedom of information, the idea of building on previous work, and yet the game actively takes a stand against that. The entire project has become at odds with the philosophical foundations of the community that birthed it.

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Sega is apparently busy rebooting the Sonic franchise after it was revealed earlier last week that the company has suffered huge financial losses. The rumour stems from TSSZ