viper579 wrote:any company could host servers etc, the competition will come down to who has the best service. as for development, someone mentions ryzoms becoming "someones toy" . right now its GFs toy, remember the recent patches? with ryzom gpl'ed it becomes EVERYONES toy. i know of atleast 4 people on these forums myself included who are programmer and who would work on ryzom if we had the source.
other thing about the GPL , once its out there, its out there. so 10 years from now you can still have a running game.
I would work on the code too, I have also programming in my skills.
Have you got the NeL engine? I think you have. I have it. It's free, as you for sure know.
If Ryzom will be released GPL, i will for sure check it out. And, many many developers will do.
I was not debating about how wonderful could be having the source code, only that this will not turn Ryzom automatically in 'Atys revamped'.
I prefer a solid, esperienced Company but, of course, if the only choice will be the Free Project, I will support it.
Altought some of the projects mentioned by macpete are not comparable with Ryzom and the resources needed to run it in a decent way, i agree mostly with him.
Let's see if The Free Ryzom Project can get some good sponsor on the way...
