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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => FS2 Open Coding - The Source Code Project (SCP) => Topic started by: Dark RevenantX on November 19, 2005, 06:42:22 pm

Title: If you had to pay to use FS Open, would you get it?
Post by: Dark RevenantX on November 19, 2005, 06:42:22 pm

If you had to pay to use FS Open, would you get it?

Personally, I would likely do so, but I am strapped for cash.

Title: Re: If you had to pay to use FS Open, would you ge
Post by: FireCrack on November 19, 2005, 06:52:43 pm

Biased poll options...

Title: Re: If you had to pay to use FS Open, would you ge
Post by: phreak on November 19, 2005, 10:41:22 pm

I don't see my two possible options

All your base are belong to us!!
Snuffleupagaus.

Title: Re: If you had to pay to use FS Open, would you ge
Post by: Taristin on November 20, 2005, 02:00:13 am

Where's the "I stopped playing FS about 2 years ago and the SCP won't run on my laptop" option?

Or the "I am a poor student and can't/don't like spending my money on the internet"

or the "This poll is worthless because it's a) illegal to make money off the SCP, and b) being done by the community in it's spare time and not meant to be something for profit"

How about the "Having to pay for it somehow makes it less significant" option?

or the "While we appreciate that the coders do put so much work into it, there's too many issues with trying to collect compensation for it to be worthwhile" option?

Title: Re: If you had to pay to use FS Open, would you get it?
Post by: Dark RevenantX on November 20, 2005, 10:16:50 am

All of those fall under the last option.  Also, you are not obligated to vote.
Ahh, the power of IFs.

Also, whomever voted for "likely not" needs to speak up and take the highly anticipated stoning like a man/woman.
Unless whomever's post count is above 1,000.  Then he/she would have the right to say that.

Title: Re: If you had to pay to use FS Open, would you get it?
Post by: Charismatic on November 20, 2005, 01:00:24 pm

 LOL @ Raa

Title: Re: If you had to pay to use FS Open, would you ge
Post by: Galemp on November 20, 2005, 09:59:22 pm

If--and this is a big If--If it were to come out as an official upgrade/expansion pack, professionally polished with guaranteed support, then hell yes I'd buy it. I recall Valve doing something like that for the original Half Life.
As it stands, however, I'd rather be a contributor and a critic, to help things move along and improve, than a passive consumer. That's why I like the SCP and FSU. :)

Title: Re: If you had to pay to use FS Open, would you get it?
Post by: WMCoolmon on November 20, 2005, 10:42:51 pm

Hmm...this poll is a little confusing as it relates to me. :p

Assuming I wasn't working on it, possibly $10 or so as a monthly fee. If I was, I'd probably try to work out a deal whereby I do stuff, but get free subscription to the game.

Seeing as how at least four of the people who've replied have contributed to it via art in some way or another, it's a little grey.

Title: Re: If you had to pay to use FS Open, would you get it?
Post by: Inquisitor on November 21, 2005, 07:51:57 am

That, and we are legally barred from ever selling it...

Title: Re: If you had to pay to use FS Open, would you get it?
Post by: Cobra on November 21, 2005, 02:50:57 pm

because you're using a source code that Volition still has rights to, right?

Title: Re: If you had to pay to use FS Open, would you get it?
Post by: WMCoolmon on November 22, 2005, 02:23:42 am

That, and all the TCs are using media from other game universes, and for it to be fully legal you'd need the agreement of every single person who'd contributed media. Considering the number of people that might include, it'd be a real pain.

AFAIK there has not been a totally original TC that could release the art on its own without being vulnerable to legal infringement.

Title: Re: If you had to pay to use FS Open, would you get it?
Post by: Dark RevenantX on November 22, 2005, 01:40:08 pm

This is assuming that we had the rights to the code and its game, of course.

Title: Re: If you had to pay to use FS Open, would you ge
Post by: kasperl on November 22, 2005, 02:52:56 pm

Quote from: Dark RevenantX on November 22, 2005, 01:40:08 pm

This is assuming that we had the rights to the code and its game, of course.

Which will never happen.

So assuming we'll all die tomorrow, yeah, sure, I'd be giving all my cash to some homeless guy.....

But that's all useless speculation

Title: Re: If you had to pay to use FS Open, would you ge
Post by: Annorax on November 22, 2005, 08:23:19 pm

Quote from: kasperl on November 22, 2005, 02:52:56 pm

Quote from: Dark RevenantX on November 22, 2005, 01:40:08 pm

This is assuming that we had the rights to the code and its game, of course.

Which will never happen.

Don't be so sure. ;)

Title: Re: If you had to pay to use FS Open, would you get it?
Post by: orochris on November 25, 2005, 09:08:43 pm

I'd say I would pay for FS2Retail + FS2Open. :]