February 11, 2024 at 6:26 AM, "Tobias Alexandra Platen" <g...@platen-software.de> wrote:
••• > > I am a libre game developer and I plan to package my game that I am > currently working on for Guix. On the long term I also want to make a > scalable distribution service that one can self host and which allows > paying for games using GNU Taler. Once the user has payed they can get > substitutes, if they don't want to pay, they still have the freedom > to build the game from source. I propose the name GNUtris for this > service. > > First I will make a home page using haunt for my game. Then I start > packaging ist dependencies, starting with libsurvive, which is needed > to use the Valve Index. Then I package the rest of the software, > needed to run the game. Finally I setup a sales/crowdfunding page, > this will be the harded part of my project. I heard that Taler will > soon go into production in the Euro zone. > > PS: I try to avoid Steam, Nonguix and the Guix Gaming Channels > I am definitely gave for chipping in for your crowdfunding campaign for this. I think we should find a pay to pay libre developers, and this sounds like a great idea! Also, you can also license your game source code as GPL, but license the game assets as proprietary. This does not violate the GPL. Joshua
