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Look at Doom, Quake, etc for the benefits: fixing bugs, keeping the game playable in new drivers/systems/OSes, making better mods, etc. The game content doesn'
by badsectoracula 6y ago
Look at Doom, Quake, etc for the benefits: fixing bugs, keeping the game playable in new drivers/systems/OSes, making better mods, etc.
The game content doesn't need to be libre, but the game engine benefits from it.
- pjmlp 6y agoNone of them adopted by Id or Bethesda, and representative of possible lost sales. If it wasn't for Carmack it wouldn't ever have happened.
- taeric 6y agoInstead of lost sales, one could easily argue on the side of increased market and mindshare. I do not think it is guaranteed. But there are no guarantees. Even Nintendo has had misses.
- badsectoracula 6y agoYeah, so? The point of free software isn't just for the companies but also for the end users.
- pjmlp 6y agoI am quite sure that users appreciate it, specially the monetary part.