[Haifux] Open Source Games or the Lack of Them

[Ilya A. Volynets-Evenbakh]

Tzafrir Rehan wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Oron Peled <oron at actcom.co.il
> <mailto:oron at actcom.co.il>> wrote:
>
>     On Friday, 18 בSeptember 2009 16:50:38 Shlomi Fish wrote:
>     > Since a typical game nowadays costs a lot of money to develop,
>     and requires
>     > the collaboration of many people, it seems unlikely that we will
>     see many
>     > open-source games that are up-to-par with commercial offerings.
>
>     Rubbish.
>
>     I can still remember when people thought that writing small
>     utilities (e.g:
>     a shell) is OK, but a real COMPILER? Out of the question...
>
>     OK, maybe a compiler yes, but a KERNEL? Nah...
>
>     Surely, a full desktop is out of reach of a community effort...
>
>     Hmmmm.... these are all the easy ones. GAMES are the ultimate
>     obstacle.
>     No chance to tackle it. We are doomed :-O
>
>
> Not a good comparison.
>
> Expecting to have a good full game for free is like expecting to
> receive a full feature film for free, or a music album for free.
> Some do it, but most artists want to get paid for their craft.
Let me remind you, that "Free as in speech" != "Free as in beer". There
are ways to
contribute to an OSS project and still get paid.

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Ilya A. Volynets-Evenbakh
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