As platforms evolve, old games become unplayable. Open sourcing them will help us preserve them for future generations.

A lot of old games have become unplayable on modern hardware and operating systems. I wrote an article about how making games open source will keep them playable far into the future.

I also discuss how making games open source could be beneficial to developers and companies.

Feedback and constructive criticism are most welcome, and in keeping with the open source spirit, I will give you credit if I make any edits based on your feedback.

  • TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee
    3·
    12 days ago

    Eh, that would disincentivize long-term updates.

    Instead, 5 or 10 years of inactivity should be more than enough leeway.

    • Kelly@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      5 hours ago

      On the other hand if the code from the 5 year old release was open source but the updates from today was still closed source for another 5 years that would encourage continual improvement addition content to differentiate from the community releases.

      • TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee
        1·
        2 hours ago

        It wouldn’t be limited to community releases, though. Other companies could poach the source code for themselves, and I doubt that’s something easy to regulate.