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I'm curious what you think making SD FOSS would add. Imo, it's a standout example of a game that hits way above it's weight class and price point, and a dev that just won't stop adding content.
IMO all software would be better if FOSS, regardless of the virtues of the developers. That's why I would love if the games that I love to play were to be FOSS as that would make them even better in my eyes.
Do you mind elaborating on the benefits of FOSS for games? I see the benefits of FOSS for software, but not so much for games.
I fail to see what makes games any different from other software. The piece of software can be easily studied and tinkered with, users have the power to control what exactly runs on their machine, and the software can organically be improved by people making their changes in their own derivations of that software that they make available for the whole world to use, study, reproduce, and modify.
Furthermore, if the developer dies, the game being FOSS will guarantee that it will live on and continue to benefit future generations.
I see. Thanks for the reponse!