Comments on: A Brief History of Linux Gaming http://gbgames.com/blog/2007/06/a-brief-history-of-linux-gaming/ An Indie Game Developer's somewhat interesting thoughts Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:27:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: GBGames http://gbgames.com/blog/2007/06/a-brief-history-of-linux-gaming/comment-page-1/#comment-44051 GBGames Sat, 30 Jun 2007 16:04:43 +0000 http://gbgames.com/blog/?p=652#comment-44051 Actually, Keith, I had looked into Loki's demise and learned that it had a healthy revenue stream and an unhealthy management system in place. Enough people are buying games for Gnu/Linux; there just aren't any highly visible examples of companies making big bucks from those sales. As for the license terms, if you're developing a game, you're in charge of the licenses associated with that game, so the GPL/LGPL shouldn't frighten you unless you decide to use those licenses, and if you made that decision, you probably aren't afraid of them, right? B-) Actually, Keith, I had looked into Loki’s demise and learned that it had a healthy revenue stream and an unhealthy management system in place. Enough people are buying games for Gnu/Linux; there just aren’t any highly visible examples of companies making big bucks from those sales.

As for the license terms, if you’re developing a game, you’re in charge of the licenses associated with that game, so the GPL/LGPL shouldn’t frighten you unless you decide to use those licenses, and if you made that decision, you probably aren’t afraid of them, right? B-)

]]> By: Keith Weatherby II http://gbgames.com/blog/2007/06/a-brief-history-of-linux-gaming/comment-page-1/#comment-44020 Keith Weatherby II Sat, 30 Jun 2007 05:06:30 +0000 http://gbgames.com/blog/?p=652#comment-44020 Well obviously there are going to be a few games for it. However the majority of computer users don't use a linux-based system, thus it doesn't have as big of a market as other systems. Which means there's going to be alot less people developing for it because they can't make money on it. And half the stuff is gpl'd/lgpl'd which scares alot of developers away anyways. I mean why did Loki go out of business? Probably because there were not enough people buying games for it. Well obviously there are going to be a few games for it. However the majority of computer users don’t use a linux-based system, thus it doesn’t have as big of a market as other systems. Which means there’s going to be alot less people developing for it because they can’t make money on it. And half the stuff is gpl’d/lgpl’d which scares alot of developers away anyways. I mean why did Loki go out of business? Probably because there were not enough people buying games for it.

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