Re: SEIV as OPEN SOURCE?
O.K. you're probably right in that some guys would "take the source gladly and hack away with it". So what? That kind of guy gladly takes the CD of the game as it is and burns away with it, no? Plus: what exactly do you mean with "take"? I guess it would usually mean buy - not much would change.
My point is that you don't necessarily sell less copies just because you make something open source. There is a license coming with any open source program. And in this you could state that it is legal to change the code but that it is illegal to give the whole thing to a third party(whereas it should be legal to send the new code to some forum or to MM), much like it is legal to play the game right now, but illegal to make a copy and give it away to somebody. Again: there are always some people who will pirate software. I bet there are a lot of pirated copies of SE IV around right at the moment. I think there must be some way to do it without any loss to anybody. And the game definitely would gain.
[This message has been edited by Eisenhans (edited 12 January 2001).]
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