Re: Games - A question
At 05:07 PM 11/29/01 +0000, Keith O'Connell wrote:
>OK,
>
>Whilst this is not a Debian question, as such, as Debian is the
>distribution with the purest philosophical roots, I thought I would try
>to get a discussion settled here.
>
>Assuming we are against non-free software and would not contaminate or
>machines with closed-source code, what is the panels view on games?
>
>I was talking to a friend about the Alpha Centari port by Loki, it is
>for payment binary only as I understand it. Is this an anathema because
>there is no source code? Could it be that it is sensible because a game
>is an end in itself, unlike an editor, compiler or browser which are
>tools that it is reasonable to want to modify?
>
>If the source code is there then in a multiplier game, how can you be
>sure that your opponent has not tilted his client to enhance his game
>play?
>
>We were just talking - What do people think?
>
>Keith
Personally (not having any capacity to speak for the debian community)
I see Games as an artistic outlet, and an end unto itself that's quite
distinct from other software which I view as a means to an end.
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