The Free Game Lag | Linux Today

The Free Game Lag

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 18, 2011

“Still, even many free software proponents may fail to provide
an answer to those who are skeptical about the viability of free
gaming. While it is true that software should be ethical, video
games need not suffer for it. The business models for production
simply need to change, and just like they have for other software,
they will for gaming as well.

When people ask you how gaming as we know it can exist in a free
software world, you should open with your response with, “It can’t,
but it can be better.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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