Humble Bundle number 13!

Actually, Hamish already created that.

If it makes you feel any better whizse, I was very much concerned about that as well. That is why I have worded everything the way I did, why I did a petition instead of just sending an angry email, and why I am doing this in the most organized fashion possible. I wanted someone with a clear head to handle some of this anger. I hope that you can trust me to have one...

But considering Linux users have been a large chunk of their purchase base since the beginning, I do not think this is unreasonable. Especially when you consider those people who emailed Jefferey Rosen asking for free copies for whatever reason, and he actually gave some to them during the first bundle.

This is about gathering data more than anything else, just to prove that enough people actually are upset, and not just a bunch of trolls. I do sincerely hope I am not confused for one, because it is certainly not my intention. I just care.

I cant see the problem really they have made it so that it is playable for Linux users, probable more compatible than most "native" ports. If we had a sudden influx of titles that where done in this way, you would have more users willing to make the switch, with a bigger market base we would then be more likely to get our AAA titles with a "native" linux port. If it works its native in my eyes there is no problem here.

Limbo doesn't work for me although every native game they've released worked on this computer. I don't think developing a Windows clone for Linux is the way for portability. It's not so hard to make portable code that works. Instead of paying to build Windows clones pay good programmers to make games portable, support opensource portability tools and libs. Windows API is far from being the best for portability, neither would be any clone.

Here is the final result, if anyone is interested:

QuoteDear Humble Indie Bundle,

As an owner of five of your bundles (and as someone who would have happily supported more if circumstances would have allowed it), including the Humble Indie Bundle V, I ask of you not to think of this as an attack on the Humble Indie Bundle nor, as some have suggested, an action that ignores the positive changes you have done for the Linux game industry. Rather, this is merely a means to try and ensure that these positive changes can continue. We also hope that through this we can help to ensure that both the Linux community and the Humble Indie Bundle can continue to have a positive and meaningful relationship.

Linux users have been supporting the Humble Indie Bundle from the beginning and a relation of mutual trust has grown between the people behind the Bundle and the Linux community. Unfortunately, we feel this trust has been violated by the inclusion of a non-native Linux game in the latest Bundle. This is not merely a complaint about one game included in one Bundle, in this case LIMBO. It sets a horrible precedent for the future, encouraging other developers to merely put out unoptimized Windows binaries of their games running through a WINE or similar layer merely to con Linux users out of their money. We can not allow this to happen, not to the Humble Indie Bundle.

Considering this, and not wanting to boycott the Bundle as many of the developers that were involved were very much deserving of our money as were many of the charities, I tried to think of a constructive way to demonstrate our concerns in an organized and collected manner. A petition was the best means I could find to accomplish this. Over the past few weeks I have collected a total of 543 signatures as of the time of this writing. Each of these signatories had their own views and many added their own commentary alongside their signatures. But we are all agreed that the Bundle went down the wrong path with the inclusion of a non native version of LIMBO.

I have received a variety of responses from the community due to my actions, including praise and support but also criticism and attacks, some of which were very personal. I took these as a demonstration of the amount of feeling people have invested in these Bundles, and with that in mind, analyzed my own feelings on the matter. I came out of it that much surer of why this protest was necessary and why the Humble Indie Bundles must continue to give everyone the most value for their money. There is too much good will invested in it, and Linux users contributed to this in the knowledge that it would help promote the Linux gaming. That is why we did this; we want the Bundle to continue in this purpose.

I have also noticed that you have recently posted that you want to hire more Linux game developers. We appreciate this and hope it will continue to lead everyone in the right direction. A link to the petition is included bellow. Please go through it and read people's comments, and I would appreciate any feedback you could give me on the matter.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/hib-native/

Thank you,
Hamish Paul Wilson

I have received a response from Jeffery Rosen on the matter:

QuoteJeffrey Rosen
JUN 19, 2012 | 02:06PM PDT
Thanks Hamish, we are very aware of the petition. We will definitely be thinking about it.
In the meantime, if you guys have any specific concerns about the LIMBO builds, please send them our way as well, as while I know that the CodeWeavers builds are not ideal, I would definitely like to make sure they are as good as possible.
Jeffrey Rosen
Co-Founder
Humble Bundle