Linux Users Speak...Devs Open Source Their Games | Linux Today

Linux Users Speak…Devs Open Source Their Games

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KS
Ken Starks
May 12, 2010

[ Thanks to helios for this link.
]

“Now this is simply amazing.

“Nils Grotnes emailed me about 20 minutes ago with some pretty
cool news.

“Aquaria by Bit Blot ,Gish Published by Chronic Logic, Lugaru HD
by Wolfire, and Penumbra Overture of course by Frictional Games
have pledged to go open source.

“Free as in speech open source…not necessarily free as in
beer. Devs need to make a living to0.

“Regardless, this opens the source up to the community. Problems
like audio conflicts that have been “fixed” in these games can be
seen, learned from and implemented.”


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KS

Ken Starks

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