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Re: Gaming on Guix
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jbranso |
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Re: Gaming on Guix |
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Mon, 12 Feb 2024 22:23:32 +0000 |
February 11, 2024 at 6:26 AM, "Tobias Alexandra Platen"
<guix@platen-software.de> wrote:
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>
> I am a libre game developer and I plan to package my game that I am
> currently working on for Guix. On the long term I also want to make a
> scalable distribution service that one can self host and which allows
> paying for games using GNU Taler. Once the user has payed they can get
> substitutes, if they don't want to pay, they still have the freedom
> to build the game from source. I propose the name GNUtris for this
> service.
>
> First I will make a home page using haunt for my game. Then I start
> packaging ist dependencies, starting with libsurvive, which is needed
> to use the Valve Index. Then I package the rest of the software,
> needed to run the game. Finally I setup a sales/crowdfunding page,
> this will be the harded part of my project. I heard that Taler will
> soon go into production in the Euro zone.
>
> PS: I try to avoid Steam, Nonguix and the Guix Gaming Channels
>
I am definitely gave for chipping in for your crowdfunding campaign
for this. I think we should find a pay to pay libre developers, and
this sounds like a great idea!
Also, you can also license your game source code as GPL, but license
the game assets as proprietary. This does not violate the GPL.
Joshua
- Gaming on Guix, Tobias Alexandra Platen, 2024/02/11
- Re: Gaming on Guix,
jbranso <=