[FSFLA] LibreJam - FSF* should host a Libre Game development tournament!

Jacob Hrbek kreyren at rixotstudio.cz
Wed Jan 5 14:37:18 UTC 2022


 > Most of these events are competitions without prizes, so the purpose
is up to the developer... generally people who participate intend to
make money out of the games afterwards irrespective of the type of
event, so I think having users only counts if it makes money for the
author. -- Ismael Lucano

One of the highlighted issues was that it's very difficult to maintain
freedom and fund the development of more complicated games e.g.
Wolfenstein series where the developer releases all the source code
under GPLv2 or GPLv3, but keeps the levels proprietary to sustain the
development.

So i was arguing about providing >2000 USD price pool that can be crowd
sourced to help sustain the development as usually the game can sustain
itself after it's playable and well known.

On 1/5/22 11:38, Ismael Luceno wrote:
> On 04/Jan/2022 22:54, Richard Stallman wrote:
>> [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider    ]]]
>> [[[ whether defending the US Const
itution against all enemies,     ]]]
>> [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]
>>
>> If the aim of a Game Jam isn't to produce a game that people use,
>> what is its purpose?
> Most of these events are competitions without prizes, so the purpose
> is up to the developer... generally people who participate intend to
> make money out of the games afterwards irrespective of the type of
> event, so I think having users only counts if it makes money for the
> author.

--
-- Jacob Hrbek

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