Vid.me has announced that they are shutting down on December 15th 2017, saying that they could not find a path to sustainability.
This news should be of concern as content creators have been getting increasingly frustrated with Youtube's algorithms that demonetize their videos and this means they have one less alternative to turn towards.
(Score: 2) by Wootery on Thursday December 07 2017, @09:35AM (2 children)
Not so. Various games have released their source-code as FOSS while keeping the game resources (maps, models, textures, sounds, etc) as payware. Doom, Quake, and Doom 3 for instance.
(Score: 2) by Pino P on Thursday December 07 2017, @04:10PM (1 child)
Any from day one, not five years later after they've already made practically all the revenue they're likely to ever make in revenue sales and engine licensing? And any not developed by Id?
(Score: 2) by Wootery on Thursday December 07 2017, @04:35PM
Not as far as I know, no. I believe the Unreal Engine's source is available to all who want it (non-FOSS), and can be used free of charge for free games. Again though, non-FOSS.
The ancient original SimCity, Serious Sam, various others. [wikipedia.org] Old titles and old engines, admittedly.