Re: [Trisquel-users] What do you think of Steam coming to Gnu/Linux.

[matt . ivie]

I think that there are a lot of reasons for games to be free software. It  
could speed up development of new titles for one. It could allow gamers that  
bought a game that didn't live up to expectations to modify it and make it  
better so that they could make it enjoyable. Sometimes there are just minor  
technical problems that need fixed to make a game fun to play. Many kids that  
are into the games could benefit from being able to learn the source code for  
the games they really enjoy playing. One of the biggest things I think though  
is that it would make it easier for a game to be on multiple platforms. Your  
game wouldn't be locked into just one system. Also if the code was free,  
cross-platform online play would be a hell of a lot easier to accomplish.  
People could write a free software online-gaming system and then insert hooks  
into the code of their favourite game to make it work in that online system.

The argument for proprietary games doesn't really hold up in my opinion.  
Freeing the code will just make game companies more honest and I can see why  
they don't want that.