Free Software Magazine: Freeing an Old Game Mar 13, 2007, 00 :45 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (8526 reads) (Other stories by Ben Asselstine)
"Do you remember that old game that you used to play all the time? Do you still play it? It probably isn't free software. Do you wish it was? Sometimes writing a clone of a game is a lot of work compared to the amount of work it takes to relicense one. Here is a story about how one group of people are going about freeing the game known as 'Moria.'
"People are often attracted to games before they are attracted to the free software movement. This means that many free software enthusiasts are addicted to non-free games. This is what turns some people to free software—the inability to see how a game works, or the inability to legally share it with friends..."
