This is clearly the best option. Sometimes they can’t, though, because they have deals with 3rd party companies for libraries they depend on and they don’t have permission to release.
Personally I’d prefer they just rip out all the 3rd party code and release whatever they have left, leaving it up to the community to fill in the gaps with open source alternatives.
I think what they really want is to shut down the game and release the sequel so that everyone is forced to upgrade. I hate that. If they do that then they should forfeit their copyright.
open sourcing is the best faith solution, especially since they have no IP rights benefits in keeping it. It also allows the community to fix any stupid bugs, like GTAV for example.
They may still be using code that’s in their dedicated servers
don’t? Also to be clear, if that’s a huge problem, you could also just BSD the code, and call it a day, you would need to publicly release most of the new code based on it, but that’s not going to ruin you as a company, especially if people can fix bugs in it for freesies.
Or just open source the next server component that you need. That’s the simple solution.
They should open source the server if they are going to shut it down.
This is clearly the best option. Sometimes they can’t, though, because they have deals with 3rd party companies for libraries they depend on and they don’t have permission to release.
Personally I’d prefer they just rip out all the 3rd party code and release whatever they have left, leaving it up to the community to fill in the gaps with open source alternatives.
I think what they really want is to shut down the game and release the sequel so that everyone is forced to upgrade. I hate that. If they do that then they should forfeit their copyright.
I love that I can still play Quake… 28 years later
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Would open sourcing the code really be necessary to enable people to make their own server? They could release it as proprietary software.
open sourcing is the best faith solution, especially since they have no IP rights benefits in keeping it. It also allows the community to fix any stupid bugs, like GTAV for example.
They may still be using code that’s in their dedicated servers, but I agree that an open source solution shows the most good faith.
don’t? Also to be clear, if that’s a huge problem, you could also just BSD the code, and call it a day, you would need to publicly release most of the new code based on it, but that’s not going to ruin you as a company, especially if people can fix bugs in it for freesies.
Or just open source the next server component that you need. That’s the simple solution.