As platforms evolve, old games become unplayable. Open sourcing them will help us preserve them for future generations.

A lot of old games have become unplayable on modern hardware and operating systems. I wrote an article about how making games open source will keep them playable far into the future.

I also discuss how making games open source could be beneficial to developers and companies.

Feedback and constructive criticism are most welcome, and in keeping with the open source spirit, I will give you credit if I make any edits based on your feedback.

  • tetris11@lemmy.ml
    21·
    5 months ago

    I think it’d be good to release them under a timebomb license: closed source for 5 years, let the dev make money, after which they have to release their source under a permissive license.

    • TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee
      3·
      5 months ago

      Eh, that would disincentivize long-term updates.

      Instead, 5 or 10 years of inactivity should be more than enough leeway.