Dark, I still disagree. He has no responsibility or duty, and no matter how rare those kinds of games are, it is firmly not his problem to ensure they get freely released.
Feeling entitled to always have these games available for any reason, whether because the games are uncommon or because we're a 'small community', does nobody any favors. Isn't this exactly the kind of thing that started the massive flamewar thread on the audiogames forum, a flamewar which is continuing even as we speak? As I said before, if we as a community think it important enough to make these and other games free in the future, then we should get together, assemble the necessary cash, and pay the developer to have it done. Dennis Towne Alter Aeon MUD http://www.alteraeon.com On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 3:08 PM, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > Hi Dennis. > > You are certainly correct that Liam has ownership of the programs being > their creator, however equally given the lack of size of the audio games > community and the lack of games available, there is rather more impetus > riding on each game than in a usual development setting. > > There are less than 10 available audio 2D side scrolling games, therefore > the loss of one, especially one with the quality of sound design of > superliam is quite a major blow to over all availability. This is why in the > past developers when no longer able to maintain support or sale for their > games made them abandonware and distributed a keygen program, and let > someone else host the finished product. justin Dobemire last year abandoned > his games and sold a key generator, however now that those are no longer > available nobody who has not previously bought the games or the keygen will > ever legally be able to play them. > > In many ways, it is almost more of a slap in the face to the community to > say "well nobody is ever playing these games again" > > I agree that the authority rests with Liam, however given that he is playing > with proportionaly such a large share of the available titles for access I > do think he has some degree of responsability, or at least a duty of > considderation to his customers, and indeed to future players of the game, > if not on a legal, at least on an ethical level. > > justin dobemire followed a similar deicsion last year. he sold a keygen for > his games, then closed his doors forever. This means other than the people > who bought that keygen, nobody can ever legally play his games again or > install them on another machine. This has understandably annoyed lots of > people, and I don't want to see Liam making the same error. > > All the best, > > > Dark. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
