JairajDevadiga

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Open Source Housing in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Are house designs covered by copyright?

You could always write to him and ask him to specify a licence.

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Open Source Housing (www.youtube.com)
 

Derek Sherrell shows a low cost, open source house that he built in 90 days. He is giving away the plans for free for anyone who wants to build their own.

Open source is a wonderful concept that should be applied to everything, not just software.

Let’s make games open source, so future generations can enjoy them in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

You joke, but developers can make profits with open source. The final part of the article deals with this issue.

Let’s make games open source, so future generations can enjoy them in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

I have mentioned examples of games that saw commercial success while being open source. And of course, delayed open source is also an option as some other users have said here.

Let’s make games open source, so future generations can enjoy them in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

I think it could be viable for a company to release a game with a “5 year FOSS promise” or something similar

Yes, that is one of the options I mention in the article. But there are games that are open source from day one, such as Mindustry, which have seen commercial success.

Let’s make games open source, so future generations can enjoy them in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

I agree, it is better to be open source all the way. I believe Godot became more popular after Unity tried to charge developers per install.

Let’s make games open source, so future generations can enjoy them in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

If you think all products should be open source, you might like this other article I wrote about making aircraft open source.

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Let’s make games open source, so future generations can enjoy them (jairajdevadiga.com)
 

A lot of old games have become unplayable on modern hardware and operating systems. I wrote an article about how making games open source will keep them playable far into the future.

I also discuss how making games open source could be beneficial to developers and companies.

Feedback and constructive criticism are most welcome, and in keeping with the open source spirit, I will give you credit if I make any edits based on your feedback.

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Let’s make games open source, so future generations can enjoy them (jairajdevadiga.com)
 

A lot of old games have become unplayable on modern hardware and operating systems. I wrote an article about how making games open source will keep them playable far into the future.

I also discuss how making games open source could be beneficial to developers and companies.

Feedback and constructive criticism are most welcome, and in keeping with the open source spirit, I will give you credit if I make any edits based on your feedback.

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Let’s make games open source, so future generations can enjoy them (jairajdevadiga.com)
 

A lot of old games have become unplayable on modern hardware and operating systems. I wrote an article about how making games open source will keep them playable far into the future.

I also discuss how making games open source could be beneficial to developers and companies.

Feedback and constructive criticism are most welcome, and in keeping with the open source spirit, I will give you credit if I make any edits based on your feedback.