Re: LibreJam - FSF* should host a Libre Game development tournament!

2022-01-05 Thread Richard Stallman
[[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] If the aim of a Game Jam isn't to produce a game that people use, what is its purpose

Re: LibreJam - FSF* should host a Libre Game development tournament!

2022-01-05 Thread Michael McMahon
In my response I wrote, "The purpose of a jam is education, socialization, and friendly competition while gaining functional experience through creating something in an area that they are interested in." From what I gathered, most game jams participants are children, students, hobbyists, and

Re: LibreJam - FSF* should host a Libre Game development tournament!

2022-01-05 Thread Jean Louis
On January 5, 2022 5:06:26 AM UTC, Michael McMahon > If most game jam games ended up in standard repositories, there >would be a negative effect on the entire ecosystem.  Ecosystem is biology. I am conducting experiments of various kinds every day, and measure outcomes, make hypothesis and

Re: [FSFLA] LibreJam - FSF* should host a Libre Game development tournament!

2022-01-05 Thread Jacob Hrbek
> Most of these events are competitions without prizes, so the purpose is up to the developer... generally people who participate intend to make money out of the games afterwards irrespective of the type of event, so I think having users only counts if it makes money for the author. -- Ismael Luca

Re: [FSFLA] LibreJam - FSF* should host a Libre Game development tournament!

2022-01-05 Thread Ismael Luceno
On 05/Jan/2022 14:37, Jacob Hrbek wrote: > > Most of these events are competitions without prizes, so the purpose > is up to the developer... generally people who participate intend to > make money out of the games afterwards irrespective of the type of > event, so I think having users only counts

Re: [FSFLA] LibreJam - FSF* should host a Libre Game development tournament!

2022-01-05 Thread Ismael Luceno
On 04/Jan/2022 22:54, Richard Stallman wrote: > [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider]]] > [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] > [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > If the aim of a Game Jam isn'