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.
And then the developer goes out of business or gets bought by 15 other companies, with the rights to the game being so muddy it’s not even funny anymore.
It’s unfeasible. Not one serious publisher will let their game be open source for fear of reverse engineering, copycat games, using engines that a company has worked on for years, etc.
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Nah, because then the question becomes “what if all software is open source”. It’s a mad man’s dream, nothing more. No publisher would agree to it.
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