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["Simon Rosenaa" <polarbeardk@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don't know what to say. I'm properly the wrong guy to ask about
license and policies. I play linux games wether or not regarding
license. I buy games and I play the free one as well. I think for the
normal users it won't have any effect if the game they buy is open or
close source. For those who follows the philosophy 110 procent behind
Open Source they'll be glad.
One thing which would be a good promotion about Buy Open Source games
would be that it's possible to keep the games compatible in the
future. The problem with game that you buy from LPG/Runesoft etc. that
the customers is bound to that the companies releases patches to make
them compatible with newer libs/cards etc.

A good exampel is the old Loki games - I guess if anyone willingly
would use some time to rewrite the installer file(s) I'll put them up
on pedistal and spray-paint them in gold.
LGP are worse releasing patches for their older games, I have
written/bug report Majesty Gold to them and still a year after it's
impossible to install Majesty Gold on a newer Linux Distro.

On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 12:43 AM, Chase Adams <chase@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hey all,
> It has been a long standing goal of mine to eventually open the source of
> MirthKit. The reason it is not already open source is to prevent "code
> jacking" by a financed group. It was my intention to gain market share, and
> then, after there was sufficient leadership, release the code.
>
> However, lately, I have been considering accelerating this plan.
>
> I think MirthKit has the right components to bring open source gaming to the
> mainstream, but whether or not right now is the time to open source it is an
> interesting question. That's because MirthKit's success as an open source
> project depends upon whether there is singularity in its direction. Since
> there is no plan for sponsorship from another company, the only thing it
> would have going for it as an OSS project would be people pushing it in the
> same direction together.
>
> I've already chatted to CK about this possibility, and he seemed intrigued.
> I'd like to hear any other opinions, and especially one from AI. Also, I'm
> trying to organize some kind of meeting to discuss this, so if you have any
> suggestions for an IRC channel or people who would be good to invite from
> across the FOSS and open gaming communities, please let me know. :)
>
> Thanks,
> Chase
>
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