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Offline pricorde

Rigs of Rods is going Open Source
« on: February 08, 2009, 11:17:02 PM »
I decided to publish the source code of Rigs of Rods 0.36 under the GPLv3 licence.
Why this decision?

    * To attract and motivate more volunteers and contributors.
    * To give us some oxygen. The project is too big to maintain for just Thomas and me. Also, we have the desire to turn the page and work on new projects, possibly related to RoR, but I don't want to "kill" RoR by doing so.
    * To give back to all the Open Source projects that gave us the possibility to use their code under the LGPL, like Ogre3D.
    * To be able to use the resources offered by SourceForge for Open Source projects.
    * To ease the porting of RoR to the Linux platform.

This will have no influences on the release of 0.36, which is close to be finished (the code is finished, and we are selecting and testing the contents. Unfortunately my computer decided this was the right time to have a hardware malfunction, and I'm finishing with half my RAM!).

I open this thread to discuss this between RoR fans.
Once 0.36 will be released, I will do more widespread announcement to build the hype.
As I do not want to hype something that does not exist yet, please refrain to post this information to large opensource forums or media until 0.36 is finally published.

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Re: Rigs of Rods is going Open Source
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2009, 11:19:55 PM »
Pricorde!
It's always a pleasure to see you around here. We are VERY excited about this feature as you can see -> http://forum.rigsofrods.com/index.php?topic=17996.msg153695#new

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Re: Rigs of Rods is going Open Source
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2009, 11:29:47 PM »
This sounds good, i'm looking forward enough as it is to 0.36, i will now be dicussing some possibilitys with agood freind  :D

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Re: Rigs of Rods is going Open Source
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2009, 11:33:01 PM »
WOW!  I can't believe it.  I asked a few months ago if I could help, but they turned me down.  :'(  Now this is great!  ;D

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Re: Rigs of Rods is going Open Source
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2009, 11:36:31 PM »
WOW! :o Very nice! I hope this is okay with you since I don't want anyone to steal your idea ;). But this is great because now anyone can add stuff to RoR and help you! This would open many possibilities like maybe even a section of the repository for RoR code modifications. Well congradulations and I hope it goes well!  :)
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Re: Rigs of Rods is going Open Source
« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2009, 11:41:59 PM »
1000 thanks to Rigs of Rods  community  :D
I love Rigs of Rods very very much !
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Re: Rigs of Rods is going Open Source
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2009, 12:54:17 AM »
Again...

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Re: Rigs of Rods is going Open Source
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2009, 01:02:25 AM »
YAY!!!

With some luck, maybe I'll manage to compile a ppc version soon.

EDIT:
Wait a minute...  IT'S NOT THERE YET!!!
If you are waiting for 0.36 to officially go open-source, could you put up the source to 0.35 so modders can get started?
« Last Edit: February 09, 2009, 01:07:20 AM by doomagent13 »

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Re: Rigs of Rods is going Open Source
« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2009, 01:10:15 AM »
Quote from: doomagent13 on February 09, 2009, 01:02:25 AM
Wait a minute...  IT'S NOT THERE YET!!!
If you are waiting for 0.36 to officially go open-source, could you put up the source to 0.35 so modders can get started?

we are still uploading the sources to SF, 450 MB takes some time to upload, sorry

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Re: Rigs of Rods is going Open Source
« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2009, 01:11:33 AM »
I like Nipash's idea of having a repository section just for the Codes :)

Hmm, Maybe Ill start modding RoR instead of vehicles! :P

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Re: Rigs of Rods is going Open Source
« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2009, 01:15:22 AM »
Quote from: Sushi on February 09, 2009, 01:11:33 AM
I like Nipash's idea of having a repository section just for the Codes :)


for that we have the new sourceforge bugtracker (http://apps.sourceforge.net/mantisbt/rigsofrods/)
supply patches there. the repository is not the correct place for code.

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Re: Rigs of Rods is going Open Source
« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2009, 01:16:40 AM »
Will 0.36 be released on souceforge then so we won't have to rely on the repositories bandwidth?
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Re: Rigs of Rods is going Open Source
« Reply #12 on: February 09, 2009, 01:18:19 AM »
Seriously, the news about rigs of rods going open source, is so much better than hearing 36 being released!  BUT now they are going to be together, wow this is awesome!

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Re: Rigs of Rods is going Open Source
« Reply #13 on: February 09, 2009, 01:19:08 AM »
Quote from: dieselfuelonly on February 09, 2009, 01:16:40 AM
Will 0.36 be released on souceforge then so we won't have to rely on the repositories bandwidth?

thats the plan :)

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Re: Rigs of Rods is going Open Source
« Reply #14 on: February 09, 2009, 01:21:32 AM »
Quote from: thomas on February 09, 2009, 01:10:15 AM
we are still uploading the sources to SF, 450 MB takes some time to upload, sorry

Oh...  I didn't think the source would be much more than 20 MB...  Does it include the code for the various dependencies, then?  Or is the official media included?

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Re: Rigs of Rods is going Open Source
« Reply #15 on: February 09, 2009, 01:24:14 AM »
A new IRC channel has been opened, #rigsofrodsdev on quakenet, for discussing the open sourcing, etc.

This has been a public service announcement.

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Re: Rigs of Rods is going Open Source
« Reply #16 on: February 09, 2009, 01:26:28 AM »
Quote from: doomagent13 on February 09, 2009, 01:21:32 AM
Oh...  I didn't think the source would be much more than 20 MB...  Does it include the code for the various dependencies, then?  Or is the official media included?

all dependencies and media included

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Re: Rigs of Rods is going Open Source
« Reply #17 on: February 09, 2009, 01:39:16 AM »
Quote from: thomas on February 09, 2009, 01:26:28 AM
all dependencies and media included

 ;D
I noticed as soon as I hit return on the checkout command.  While it does increase the immediate download size, it means I don't have to go hunting for them later.

Well, thanks for going open source!

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Re: Rigs of Rods is going Open Source
« Reply #18 on: February 09, 2009, 02:05:25 AM »
Ok, so what does making the game "open source" mean? For those of us that aren't aware of what that means...

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Re: Rigs of Rods is going Open Source
« Reply #19 on: February 09, 2009, 02:12:00 AM »
It means you can edit the game like thomas and pricorde do, like add a new feature into the game if you know what you're doing. ;)

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Re: Rigs of Rods is going Open Source
« Reply #20 on: February 09, 2009, 03:51:44 AM »
Well, I'm not 100% sure does I like this open source thing. If peoples make something what I don't like. I knowthat I don't have to download that version, but when next version is out, then that bad thing is there. Well, I wait and look, how things start going.
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Re: Rigs of Rods is going Open Source
« Reply #21 on: February 09, 2009, 04:30:55 AM »
:) This is great!  My whole time on ror I never in my wildest dreams expected this but!!!!  :o

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Re: Rigs of Rods is going Open Source
« Reply #22 on: February 09, 2009, 04:52:54 AM »
Quote from: dieselfuelonly on February 09, 2009, 01:16:40 AM
Will 0.36 be released on souceforge then so we won't have to rely on the repositories bandwidth?

Isn't that the entire purpose of the back-up site?

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Re: Rigs of Rods is going Open Source
« Reply #23 on: February 09, 2009, 05:03:13 AM »
Quote from: muris on February 09, 2009, 03:51:44 AM
Well, I'm not 100% sure does I like this open source thing. If peoples make something what I don't like. I knowthat I don't have to download that version, but when next version is out, then that bad thing is there. Well, I wait and look, how things start going.

Only good things will be added to next official version.. It's not like all the crappy mods are getting included..
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Re: Rigs of Rods is going Open Source
« Reply #24 on: February 09, 2009, 05:18:50 AM »
I like the idea. I think it'll only make RoR better. If only I could code..
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