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The MMORPG Ryzom goes Free Software

• aj 17y ago
  AFAIK, it's not the game which is free but the codebase for the game platform which has become OSS.
  • acemtp 17y ago
    The code base that is 2 millions code line and also all the assets that is few gb of data!
    • joeycfan 16y ago
      The assets archive is 1.3 gb and it uncompresses to almost 11 gb of data.
  • apgwoz 17y ago
    Yes, the codebase. But all of the models and artwork and everything like that are also apparently Creative Commons licensed as well.
    • acemtp 16y ago
      Correct, and it's not apparently, but clearly available right now: http://media.ryzom.com http://media.ryzom.com
      • apgwoz 16y ago
        By "apparently" I just meant that I had thought I read it, but had not verified. Thanks for the link and clarification.
• jbellis 17y ago
  I remember looking at their engine 3? years ago. They'd started w/ an OSS engine, then pulled development in-house and left the OSS tree mostly unattended, then announced it would be fully OSS again "real soon." Glad I didn't wait.
  • acemtp 16y ago
    Nevrax programmed their engine from scratch and release there engine under GNU/GPL in 2001. And for some internal/political reasons, Nevrax decided to not freeing Ryzom. But now, it's here!