I'd like to suggest Openxcom as an honorable mention.

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Quoting: hagabakaTired of seeing those "Not Available for Linux" notes...

Just wait for the core bundles. Up to now every single one of them fully supported linux ^_^

The only controversial one of those I remember was the one where Limbo was a wine port...

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From their faq:

Quote4. What is going to happen to my Desura account?

We are working hard to try to get your old Desura account back alive, but will let you know if we fail to do so.


5. Will I be able to access all my old games, that I have purchased on Desura previously?

Our first priority is to get you access to already owned games from the old Desura platform, but we currently don’t have a timeline for making it happen. Sign up for our newsletter to get the latest news.

This looks much too uncertain; personally I won't return to using desura unless most games are restored and all the debts to the devs. are paid (the latter being the most important).

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Quoting: Comandante oardoIf (in theory) DX is superior to OPENGL; why not pay the licence and teach Linux how to speak DX instead of use traslation layers?..Something like Gallium, but Legal.

I know, is a propietary tech.. So what? Steam is not only a propietary software but also a DRM, and most Linuxians happily use it.

Err, the problem, in this case, is that its proprietary tech from Microsoft, and for some strange reason they may have a problem with licensing their remaining single most competitive advantage to other OS-es.

Actually, it would be legal anyways to implement directX, just a lot of work and probably with worse results than the original implementation. As an example, see wine, which in many cases still works so-so.

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As far as I am aware, interpreters like openRA, Scummvm, gemrb are always fully legal, independent of where individual users may have gotten the game content.

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So far, the evil Paradox's influence seems to be non-existent.

The only things, so far, seem to be the two pre-order in-game bonus items.

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TBH, I am more interested in how they treat the people who take them up on the offer mentioned in the mail. Will they give a refund to the mac/linux users?

Everyone will make silly mistakes, it's how well the devs deal with them which is important to me.

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As a kickstarter project, the usual caveats apply.

That being said, Arcen games has a good history of treating their audience well, so if it gets funded the chances of the game getting released as promised is as close to 100% as is humanly possible.

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Quoting: scaineSo if you write a book, stick it on Amazon for six euros, you'll be cool when I and thousands of others download the torrent instead? It's only digital, right? I wasn't going to buy it anyway!! Apparently I'm entitled to your cultural contribution without paying?

Man, I'm really trying here, but I just can't understand it.

If people aren't going to buy the book anyways, what, exactly is the difference ^_~

Seriously, though, you are missing the second part of the cultural exchange, which is that it has, for quite a long time, been traditional to pay, even if the stuff is freely available.

There is a rather big difference between "author's shouldn't get paid for their work" and "people should not be blocked from culture due to their financial situation".

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Quoting: liamdawe... to a hobby like computer games ...

:O
(sorry for taking it completely out of context, but :O )

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