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What do you guys think the Ibis should sound like?Like a kazoo, basically. I'm sure it varies by species, but here's one in sub-Saharan Africa:
And does anyone think the Scarab should make sounds? If so, what sounds?Different kinds of beetles can hiss, chirp, click, or make all kinds of sounds.
Because Trello is primarily designed for task management, and the issue system isn't. Trello is faster, more straightforward, easier to read(visually), and more versatile. Seeing as it takes two seconds to get on Trello.com, I don't really see any gain in using the issue system. But if you don't want to use Trello, that's fine. We just need to make sure we don't overlap in our efforts.Alright, sounds worth a shot I guess.
Not something I often hear from you.Zing!
Anyway, new animations look good. I'll be able to do more after the weekend. I don't feel bad insulting the Harpy's animations because I did them originally, but those badly need redone. There also seem to be some sounds missing. A lot of the buildings could use new models, like the Incantation Shrine and Sorcery Runes especially. The Earth Serpent could probably stand to be redone completely. I think my standards in general have just gone up a lot in the past few years. 
https://docs.megaglest.org/G3D_support
I believe what's more dangerous are negative comments on Steam on how we rip them off. We need to provide Steam Users with exclusive items.I echo the concerns others have already raised about this, but I do think there could be a viable alternative. What about instead of having exclusive content, they just get access to new content earlier? This would necessitate new content being created, and being completely divorced from copyleft assets so that it can be kept behind a paywall, but would give paying customers something for their money, would still give free players new content (albeit delayed), and would generate revenue for new content and for server upkeep, etc. Free players may even be inticed to spend money when they see screenshots and IRC chatter of paying customers talking about the new mods they get to play. The main hurdle of this approach is that somebody would have to make a lot of new content, and it would have to be made basically from scratch, and on a continuing basis. This is by no means an insurmountable problem, but it does require somebody with free time and motivation to do it (and I'm not volunteering by myself
). If it makes more than enough money for upkeep, then some of the profit could go to these content creators, but I wouldn't expect it to be significant.
You guys have an awfully one-sided view of freedom.If you're not basing your feelings on principles, then what are you basing them on? Emoji dice?I love open source software, but freedom is a principle, not a buzzword to justify your feelings.
Liberty also includes the right to release your program and your code however you see fit.And it includes the right to use or not use a program, based on how the program is released (or any other reason).
Undoing the thread hijack...There's a difference between free and open source. I don't really care that much that the folding software isn't free/libre... well, I do care but it's not the deal-breaker. I care more that it's not open source, because that means potentially opening up a network connection with unsafe software. I have no way of knowing what vulnerabilities or spyware are included in it (especially considering how organizations like the NSA have put pressure on software developers to install vulnerabilities), or even knowing that any third party has been able to look into it.
This said, I do not and did not mean to discourage anyone using this or similar software (despite for the security aspect maybe, but it's obvious and everyone can just make up their minds on it).Heh... I wasn't even thinking of the insecurity of it. Now I'm doubly convinced.
We have not outsourced the client for several reasons, relating to client reliability and other issues. However, we’ve come up with a compromise — we have been developing a plug in architecture to allow people to write open source code that we can plug into our client.Oh thanks, Stanford.
They're so nice to allow people to help them without them giving anything in return.
https://opendungeons.github.io/I very nearly included this one in the list. I'm interested in seeing how it turns out in the future.
0 A.D. - Real-time strategy - A free, open-source game of ancient warfare.Definitely a good one.
Anybody who likes MegaGlest would probably like 0 A.D.Frogatto & Friends - A platformer/adventure game. The game itself costs a bit of money, but the engine is open source.A fun one for sure!
Flare engine - RPGI've been following this one for a few years now, I think. I feel like it has a long way to go, but it's certainly promising.
M.A.R.S. - A ridiculous shooterWhoa! PRETTY!
I'd try that one out if I wasn't so sure that it would melt my craptop's lousy processors.Me & My Shadow - A free libre puzzle/platform game in which you try to reach the exit by solving puzzles. Spikes, moving blocks, fragile blocks and much more stand between you and the exit. Record your moves and let your shadow mimic them to reach blocks you couldn't reach alone.Sounds kinda like...
Pioneer - Space simulatorChecking this one out...
Battle for Wesnoth - A free, turn-based tactical strategy game with a high fantasy themeA few years ago, I had a really geeky girlfriend who suggested I try this game. In response, I showed her that my name was already in the credits.
However, I fear for its future. http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=42912
Probably not enough Linux-compatible, open source games to have a list, otherwiseThere are certainly a heck of a lot more than this list represents, and more current ones at that. I guess it just seems like a half-baked attempt to me, like somebody opened up their package manager and picked the first couple dozen games they saw (some of which are quite good; don't get me wrong), rather than doing any internet digging for the real gems. I suppose those would likely be the most popular ones, since a lot of Linux users presumably find games to play using that same technique, but it says little about how good any of the games are. Missing are Tales of Maj'Eyal, FreeOrion, Endless Sky, and OpenRA for example. OpenMW is open source but doesn't ship with its own assets (being an engine clone of a proprietary game), so whether or not it should be included depends on their criteria. Hmm... time to head on over to Off Topic, I think.
Well it may not be well defined, but if you release something combined in one archive, give it a name and so on I am quite sure this is a "monolitic work" and not just a collection of art. The xmls combine the mod to one monolitic thing and I bet every lawyer will make you pay :-/ . Here in germany I would not dare to do something like this.I see what you mean, and I generally prefer to act on the side of caution as well.
@Omega: I don't know what a "C&D" is to be honest.A "cease and desist" is basically a warning that, if you don't want to be sued, you must cease (stop doing the thing) and desist (don't do it again).
Just to give you an idea how worse it is in Germany:In that case, I can see why you would want to be extra cautious. I guess it might work to think of differently-licensed factions as free DLC, but I imagine this could cause a problem with fragmentation if different players have different mods installed. I haven't been paying enough attention to know how well MG's mod/file system would be able to address these differences.
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I'm sorry, It's a my foolish reading mistake that I misread his word "permit" to "omit", so I misread his whole context reversely. Really sorry john, I read your comment again now correctly, I have no opposition to your opinion. I want to bury my head in shame.Don't worry; even my fellow Americans don't understand me half the time.
Pretty sure that's not correct, Titi. Licensing is not per-mod. You can distribute packages that contain files with different licenses. Heck, MegaGlest does this. The engine is one license and the resources are another. You can do the same with techtrees, making one faction one license and another a different license.
Magister is spot on. Licensing is per file. So you just have to have an AUTHORS file or similar explaining the licensing of each file. The faction XML is a wee bit unclear because it would presumably be a derivative of several mods (since you need to have attack/armour types from several factions).Licensing applies to each work, not each file. The problem is that what constitutes a work is not well-defined in this context. The engine and the resources are clearly different, but individual assets come together to make the gestalt experience. On the other hand, each textured and animated model is its own thing. Analogies with other media don't really apply, so unless there is an actual legal ruling, it's all kinda abstract and theoretical. With that said: "In order for an adaptation to be protected by copyright, most national laws require the creator of the adaptation to add original expression to the pre-existing work." (source)
There is no problem. No need for CC. There are unspoken rules.It becomes a mess if you try to include work from different authors with their own custom rules for reusing their assets. CC makes it more convenient, because you know very quickly whether two works can be combined or not.