PlaneShift

Gameplay => General Discussion => Topic started by: Ytanium on November 03, 2004, 11:56:10 am

Title: Planeshift (preview)
Post by: Ytanium on November 03, 2004, 11:56:10 am

I\'ve just put a \"preview\" on Ytanium.
Please check and tell me if you find any error.
Suggestions and any comment really appreciated :D

I hope you like the \"preview\" ^_^

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Post by: Androgos on November 03, 2004, 03:00:24 pm

Nice, thanks :)

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Post by: Altharion on November 03, 2004, 03:31:06 pm

yeah, you should keep it up  :)

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Post by: Adeli on November 03, 2004, 04:20:45 pm

Very nice,
but change \"greater\" to \"greatest\".
Currently it makes no sense.

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Post by: Ytanium on November 03, 2004, 05:24:17 pm

ok. fixed.

If you find any other error, please tell me... my English is not too perfect :P

=D

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Post by: Xordan on November 03, 2004, 05:29:38 pm

Yeah, cool :)

And I hope those \'Cheats & Tips\' and \'Solution & Walkthroughs\' sections stay empty :D

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Post by: Seytra on November 03, 2004, 06:50:41 pm

While the PS license isn\'t actually \"Open Source\", the code is GPL, so maybe \"freeware\" isn\'t the appropriate term, though I don\'t think \"Free Software\" is, for the above reason. \"Open Source\" IMO would be the closest fit, but of course the devs might view this differently.

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Post by: Adeli on November 03, 2004, 07:19:24 pm

I never thought of that, technically, PS is called open source...
Xordan, I hope that too.

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Post by: Ytanium on November 03, 2004, 08:50:16 pm

FREEWARE = NO COST :P
IMHO

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Post by: Seytra on November 04, 2004, 02:13:28 am

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Originally posted by Ytanium
FREEWARE = NO COST :P
IMHO

Yes, but IMO it doesn\'t even hint at the real beauty of PS: the freedom as in speech, not (just) as in beer (with the restrictions mentioned above).

While the no cost part certainly is a great benefit, the openness part IMO is of even greater value. If I were to distribute an OpenSource product, I\'d not wish it to be classified as mere Freeware, as I think OpenSource and Free Software are superiour in terms of benefiting everyone.

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Post by: Adeli on November 04, 2004, 08:16:31 am

Freeware is inappropriate terminology.
Freeware usually implies a complete program, that was completely made by one group with no outside input.
OpenSource, means that anyone with the ability to effectively contribute can do so, it is a much nicer term.

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Post by: Ytanium on November 04, 2004, 09:32:49 am

oh well... I mean that I consider it as freeware for my site listing... average user are just \"USER\" and not else... :) we are talking of \"different POV\" :P

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Post by: Adeli on November 04, 2004, 12:41:43 pm

I\'m not sure why you put USER in quotation marks... of different POV for that matter. I -think- I understand what you are talking about though.

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Post by: Ytanium on November 04, 2004, 02:56:52 pm

Well I meant to say that I\'ve defined (and considered) on my site, Planeshift as a freeware, because is free to play and no cost for the user, and my site users usually are people who are looking for good games with no costs :).

I know that there are a lot of licenses, but I\'ve simplified them (in my mind) when I\'m looking for quality games that can be listed on my little site :)





Note: well... my site was (initially) born to learn PHP :P