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Given the game's huge following, they should pledge to open source the code before they die so the saga can continue. :) If they don't make money from direct sa
by cpeterso 10y ago
Given the game's huge following, they should pledge to open source the code before they die so the saga can continue. :) If they don't make money from direct sales, why not open source the game now?
- aab0 10y agoGiven their age, it's unlikely they'd both die at the same time and be unable to open source it. Unless they dig in the wrong place in their backyard, I suppose.
- tamana 10y agoThey are extremely protective and jealous of DF. Maybe when they retire, or escrown in their will
- hrnnnnnn 10y agoI think they have pledged to release the code when they die.
- Derpdiherp 10y agoTo be honest I think Tarn isn't wanting to release the source for a couple of reasons: A - He wants complete control of the direction that the game is heading, B - He's not proud of the source code, from interviews and such and the length of the project I think it's rather a mess, and due to the fact that the game gets new features all the time, it's not getting refactored any time soon. In a way it's a shame - the dwarf fortress community has been fighting "FPS death" of fortresses, when the simulation of all the stuff on your fortress reaches the point where the game crawls along so slowly it's unplayable. And this happens sooner than you'd think. People have been pushing to get the game multithreaded for years but unfortunately it's just not happening. Yet on the other hand I respect Tarns decision to want complete control over the direction of the game - yet there are already mods out there that completely change that anyway.
- vessenes 10y agoA copy of their source code is supposedly on file with the Library of Congress, but I can't find proof of this as I search right now.