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Story: MystOnline to be open sourcedTotal Replies: 2
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techiem2

Dec 14, 2008
6:20 PM EST 		This could be good for the Linux gaming community if they release under a decent license.
jacog

Dec 15, 2008
2:26 AM EST 		Not 100% sure how his would best benefit FOSS.

The Myst games/universe has always succeeded based on the story, lore, and puzzles, not so much the actual game engine.

An open-source MystOnline though, might possibly open the way for a lot of Free MMO-type games to be developed. Either way, good on them for even doing it.

EDIT: Ok! I figured it out... (I read the actual article, d'oh)

Cyan are hoping that open sourcing would help breathe life into the project itself. I imagine they would still charge a subscription to their own data server, which is fine.

I see this as an opportunity. If it works as they are hoping it would; that it would get ported to many platforms, and they would again get subscriptions, then it would actually be a good demonstration that gee golly this open source thing ain't so bad for business.

Scott_Ruecker

Dec 15, 2008
9:12 PM EST 		Little by little the gaming industry is catching on, I will be visiting the gaming area of CES while I am there as well.

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