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Weird flex - only the source code is "available" (as opposed to free or open) and all the assets are still proprietary - you'll need to purchase the game for an
by AStonesThrow 2y ago
Weird flex - only the source code is "available" (as opposed to free or open) and all the assets are still proprietary - you'll need to purchase the game for an actual working copy.
"Genealogical"? Also strange. What's that mean, really?
PSA: Nethack is still F/OSS, still famous, and still under active development, at version 3.6.7.
https://nethack.org/common/license.html https://nethack.org/common/license.html
Download it complete, free, and ready-to-play: https://nethack.org/v367/downloads.html https://nethack.org/v367/downloads.html
Or, why install it, when you can create an account on NAO, and play it competitively online! https://alt.org/nethack/ https://alt.org/nethack/
- pushedx 2y agoNot weird at all. They know the distinction between source available and open source. Just like the code, they hold the copyright on the assets, but are under no obligation to license them in a similar manner to the code.
- dartos 2y ago> Genealogical Maybe play the game?
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- awelxtr 2y agoThis is what id software did with doom and see how it ended hint: extremely well
- AStonesThrow 2y agoNo, Doom's source license is GNU Public License. It's F/OSS. Its assets remain proprietary, but not all of them are paywalled, due to the shareware releases which include plenty of levels.
- netdoll 2y agoI believe the implication of OP's comment is that Doom and Wolfenstein 3D were originally released under non-commercial source available licenses before being relicensed to a FOSS license (GPLv2) a few years later, and the same could very well end up happening for Rogue Legacy as well.