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In Response to Newton
The organization of development may be similar, I was not in the GWE team back then. But I wasn't talking about the organization in particular. What I was trying to say is that the license still makes a huge difference. GWE was not even freeware.
That OpenClonk is open source means for me:
+ it is free - all work I put into this project gratuitously in my spare time will also be available for everyone else
+ I retain all rights to what I contribute to the project, I do not transfer any ownership to someone else
+ Whatever work I contribute to the project will always remain free as part of OpenClonk
+ Noone can assert power over the project that is not doing the work*
+ Instead, decisions are made through public discussions. What counts are convincing arguments and mutual respect for each others expertise.
+ We are not limited in distribution: Clonk as a debian package wouldn't have been possible before
This is also a psychological factor. We are completely independent now. During Clonk Endeavour development I saw myself as someone helping to create the game. Now with OpenClonk, I can identify with the project much more because it is also my project. Everybody who contributed to defining what OpenClonk is now can identify with it because indeed it is also his. And that is very valuable.
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* I am not asserting that during GWE times this was not the case. I don't know about that. What I am saying is that in OpenClonk, I can be sure that it will always be like this. A monarchy with a liberal monarch that does not meddle with parliamentary politics is still a monarchy.
That OpenClonk is open source means for me:
+ it is free - all work I put into this project gratuitously in my spare time will also be available for everyone else
+ I retain all rights to what I contribute to the project, I do not transfer any ownership to someone else
+ Whatever work I contribute to the project will always remain free as part of OpenClonk
+ Noone can assert power over the project that is not doing the work*
+ Instead, decisions are made through public discussions. What counts are convincing arguments and mutual respect for each others expertise.
+ We are not limited in distribution: Clonk as a debian package wouldn't have been possible before
This is also a psychological factor. We are completely independent now. During Clonk Endeavour development I saw myself as someone helping to create the game. Now with OpenClonk, I can identify with the project much more because it is also my project. Everybody who contributed to defining what OpenClonk is now can identify with it because indeed it is also his. And that is very valuable.
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* I am not asserting that during GWE times this was not the case. I don't know about that. What I am saying is that in OpenClonk, I can be sure that it will always be like this. A monarchy with a liberal monarch that does not meddle with parliamentary politics is still a monarchy.
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