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Question: would you pay for tremulous if it was never free?
yes, definately. - 2 (10%)
maybe after trying a demo - 9 (45%)
don't know - 0 (0%)
probably not, unless prices lowered - 3 (15%)
certainly not. - 6 (30%)
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« on: July 22, 2008, 03:52:58 PM » First post

I was just wondering, tremulous would probably have done well as a commercial game, but then again, It owes a lot to the fact that it's a free, open source game.  Opinions?
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« on: July 22, 2008, 04:22:29 PM » Reply #1

Well, I already have paid for it, so yes.
Although if it wasn't free I would have never played it in the first place....
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« on: July 22, 2008, 05:41:20 PM » Reply #2

Yeah, if it wasn't open source, I'd have never tried it.
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« on: July 22, 2008, 10:40:21 PM » Reply #3

Quote from: Garoth on July 22, 2008, 05:41:20 PM
Yeah, if it wasn't open source, I'd have never tried it.
If it wasn't FREE, I'd never have tried it.
I didn't even know what open-source meant when I began playing - just thought it meant free.
I've learned so much since I started playing, probably the reason I don't want to quit.
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« on: July 22, 2008, 11:46:19 PM » Reply #4

Yeah, if it wasn't free I wouldn't have tried it.
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« on: July 23, 2008, 02:10:37 AM » Reply #5

(Don't say yes. They might get Ideas.)

No, sir, I don't know the time.
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« on: July 23, 2008, 03:01:23 AM » Reply #6

Yeah, free doesn't actually interest me too much. A lot of software on the net that's free but not open source tends to be shoddy, infested with some malware, doesn't run on Linux, and isn't trustworthy. I'm really wary of this closed-source, free software. Sounds like they have some alternate intentions, right off the bat.

(Open Source is exempt mostly because if there was malware in it, it'd be easy enough to confirm. Though in general, I've never heard of any open-source malware.)
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« on: July 23, 2008, 04:56:01 AM » Reply #7

Quote from: Garoth on July 23, 2008, 03:01:23 AM
Yeah, free doesn't actually interest me too much. A lot of software on the net that's free but not open source tends to be shoddy, infested with some malware, doesn't run on Linux, and isn't trustworthy. I'm really wary of this closed-source, free software. Sounds like they have some alternate intentions, right off the bat.

(Open Source is exempt mostly because if there was malware in it, it'd be easy enough to confirm. Though in general, I've never heard of any open-source malware.)
Not in the Mac community, not at all. In the Windows community? Definitely.
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« on: July 23, 2008, 10:43:34 AM » Reply #8

I pay out the nose for this damn game
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« on: July 23, 2008, 11:10:16 AM » Reply #9

Quote from: deathonice on July 23, 2008, 04:56:01 AM
Not in the Mac community, not at all. In the Windows community? Definitely.

Like what?
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« on: July 23, 2008, 06:30:38 PM » Reply #10

Quote from: SilverFox on July 23, 2008, 11:10:16 AM
Quote from: deathonice on July 23, 2008, 04:56:01 AM
Not in the Mac community, not at all. In the Windows community? Definitely.

Like what?
Half the free Antivirus programs, half the free decompression programs.
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« on: July 23, 2008, 10:30:22 PM » Reply #11

I don't know of any opensource antivirus or decompression programs that run on windows, other than clamwin.  I imagine there are some out there, I'm just not familiar with them.  Clamwin, I'm pretty sure is malware free, and I'd be surprised to hear of an opensource program with malware, which is why I asked for an example.  (I like surprises!)
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« on: July 24, 2008, 12:48:06 AM » Reply #12

He was referring to "free" software, not open source software.
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« on: July 24, 2008, 10:38:09 AM » Reply #13

Quote from: deathonice on July 23, 2008, 04:56:01 AM
Quote from: Garoth on July 23, 2008, 03:01:23 AM
(Open Source is exempt mostly because if there was malware in it, it'd be easy enough to confirm. Though in general, I've never heard of any open-source malware.)
Not in the Mac community, not at all. In the Windows community? Definitely.

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« on: July 25, 2008, 10:19:39 PM » Reply #14

AVG is alright, though. One of the better free Anti-Viruses.
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