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0 pointsgrey14y ago0 comments

Notch has a similar attitude, as expressed at http://www.minecraft.net/about.jsp,

specifically "once sales start dying and a minimum time has passed, I will release the game source code as some kind of open source."

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0x0x0x14y ago

The difference of course is that id has a track record.

piaskal14y ago

Id games have lot's of artwork, levels, etc. that is not released under GPL. In minecraft it's users that create the content. Id can release their engines under GPL without harming their sales.

beagle314y ago

This comment would be meaningful when Minecraft has been out in the market for 3+ years.

atomicdog14y ago

The difference is id's sources aren't shitty Java applets that noone wants to look through ;)

I kid, I kid...

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