Free Software Magazine: Freeing an Old Game

“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…”

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