Open Source GamesWhat are Open Source games?Open Source games are created with the purpose of the code being freely available to everyone, whatever purpose. There are many notable examples of Open Source software, although this thread mainly focuses on the games.
Notable GamesCube 2: SauerbratenCube 2: Sauerbraten is a free multiplayer & singleplayer first person shooter, the successor of the Cube FPS.
OpenArenaOpenArena is a community-produced deathmatch FPS based on GPL idTech3 technology.
0 A.D0 A.D. is a free, open-source, cross-platform real-time strategy game under development by Wildfire Games. It is historical war and economy game focusing on the years between 500 B.C. and A.D. 500
Warzone 2100In Warzone 2100, you command the forces of The Project in a battle to rebuild the world after mankind has almost been destroyed by nuclear missiles.
OpenTTDOpenTTD is an open source simulation game based upon Transport Tycoon Deluxe
What is the point of Open Source software?Open source software is developed by groups of people that contribute different features and functions to an application or operating system.
Take Linux for example. There are many many versions of Linux that have been contributed too over the years, but the underlying code is very similar and uses a Linux Kernel as the basis for the OS.
Free Games“Free software” means software that respects users' freedom and community. Roughly, it means that the users have the freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software. Thus, “free software” is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of “free” as in “free speech,” not as in “free beer”.
As GNU said above.
Notable GamesNexuiz ClassicNexuiz was originally developed by Lee Vermeulen and Forest ‘LordHavoc’ Hale, who started Alientrap in the summer of 2002. The goal of the project was to create a high quality first person shooter that could be played freely across all platforms in one package: PC, Mac, and Linux. The engine that powered Nexuiz was Forest Hale’s Darkplaces engine.
TrueCombatTrueCombat is a tactical-teamplay oriented, modern-world combat simulation modification for the Quake III, Enemy Territory & Call of Duty 4 engines.
America's ArmyAmerica's Army (also known as AA or America's Army Game Project) is the name of a video game franchise and other media developed by the United States Army and released as a global public relations initiative to help with recruitment.
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