Remember all the doom and gloom surrounding Facebook buying OculusVR? Well nothing has really changed, and thankfully they are still being a great company. They have recently purchased RakNet, a cross platform C++ networking engine and they open sourced the damn thing.
So, hats off to OculusVR for doing this, as it's quite a popular middleware used by some big names like Sony Online Entertainment, Unity, Mojang, Havok and quite a few more.
The source is now on github under a BSD style license.
This puts OculusVR firmly in my good books right now, as such an important and widely used library now being so open is quite big news.
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For those unfamiliar with RakNet, it is a comprehensive C++ game networking engine designed for ease of use and performance. The tech is tuned for cross-platform, high-performance applications that operate across a wide variety of network types. Key features include object replication, remote procedure calls, patching, secure connections, voice chat, and real-time SQL logging. The technology has been licensed by thousands of indie developers, as well as companies like Unity, Havok, Mojang, Maxis and Sony Online Entertainment. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Wow, that is quite old :)
I must note, Facebook has always been quite open-source friendly, and their financial model is quite the same as Google.
I won't trust Facebook with my personal data, but if people are willing to do so, I won't prevent them to do so (I may warn them, though)
I must note, Facebook has always been quite open-source friendly, and their financial model is quite the same as Google.
I won't trust Facebook with my personal data, but if people are willing to do so, I won't prevent them to do so (I may warn them, though)
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@liam : Not very old, but in contrast to your others articles, yes :)
4 days ago :)
4 days ago :)
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