"Valve Cracks Down on Team Fortress 2 and Portal Fan Projects After Years of Leniency"
TL;DR
Valve has issued DMCA takedown notices to fan projects including Team Fortress: Source 2, a TF2 port to the Source 2 engine, and Portal 64, a Nintendo 64 port of the 2007 puzzler, signaling a shift towards a more protective stance on its intellectual property. The move comes as a surprise, given Valve's history of leniency towards fan projects using its IP. The takedowns have left the developers of these projects with no choice but to cease their work, raising concerns among fans and mod makers about the future of similar projects.
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