Bob Colayco: Microsoft pledges Allegiance to its fanbase. gamespot.com, 6. Februar 2004, abgerufen am 22. Juli 2011: „The release of the source code came in response to the enthusiasm of Allegiance's small-but-dedicated fanbase. Microsoft's Joel Dehlin commented that the development team has, "been amazed at the level to which some of the Allegiance fans have remained hard-core. We’re astounded at the progress that has been made at creating new factions, hosting new servers, replacing authentication, etc. It seems that Allegiance hasn’t really died. With that in mind, we’re releasing the Allegiance source code to the community."“
Daniel Fleshbourne: Microsoft MechCommander 2 Shared Source Release. neowin.net, 18. August 2006, abgerufen am 30. Dezember 2012 (englisch): „This is the Shared Source release for MechCommander 2. This release contains all of the source code and source assets required to build MechCommander 2. This release can be used with the Microsoft XNA Build March 2006 Community Technology Preview (CTP).“