JairajDevadiga

joined 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Are house designs covered by copyright?

You could always write to him and ask him to specify a licence.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

This is great. The more people subscribe to open source, the better it will get for everyone.

 

Derek Sherrell shows a low cost, open source house that he built in 90 days. He is giving away the plans for free for anyone who wants to build their own.

Open source is a wonderful concept that should be applied to everything, not just software.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

You joke, but developers can make profits with open source. The final part of the article deals with this issue.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

I have mentioned examples of games that saw commercial success while being open source. And of course, delayed open source is also an option as some other users have said here.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

I think it could be viable for a company to release a game with a “5 year FOSS promise” or something similar

Yes, that is one of the options I mention in the article. But there are games that are open source from day one, such as Mindustry, which have seen commercial success.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

I agree, it is better to be open source all the way. I believe Godot became more popular after Unity tried to charge developers per install.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

If you think all products should be open source, you might like this other article I wrote about making aircraft open source.

 

A lot of old games have become unplayable on modern hardware and operating systems. I wrote an article about how making games open source will keep them playable far into the future.

I also discuss how making games open source could be beneficial to developers and companies.

Feedback and constructive criticism are most welcome, and in keeping with the open source spirit, I will give you credit if I make any edits based on your feedback.

 

A lot of old games have become unplayable on modern hardware and operating systems. I wrote an article about how making games open source will keep them playable far into the future.

I also discuss how making games open source could be beneficial to developers and companies.

Feedback and constructive criticism are most welcome, and in keeping with the open source spirit, I will give you credit if I make any edits based on your feedback.

 

A lot of old games have become unplayable on modern hardware and operating systems. I wrote an article about how making games open source will keep them playable far into the future.

I also discuss how making games open source could be beneficial to developers and companies.

Feedback and constructive criticism are most welcome, and in keeping with the open source spirit, I will give you credit if I make any edits based on your feedback.