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Hi guys, there are a game called Xonotic that is a libre software
first-person shooter video game. It was developed as a fork of
Nexuiz, following controversy surrounding on the game's development.
Currently, the game is running on a heavily modified version of the
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_engine" title="Quake
engine">Quake engine</a> known as "DarkPlaces". Gameplay is
inspired by <a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreal_Tournament"
title="Unreal Tournament">Unreal Tournament</a> and <a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_%28video_game%29"
title="Quake (video game)">Quake</a>, but with various unique
elements. Xonotic's stated aim is to become the best possible libre
software FPS (first-person-shooter) of its kind. This information is
from wikipedia: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xonotic">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xonotic</a><br>
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King InuYasha talks about Nexuiz Controversy: "Nexuiz founder Lee
Vermuelen, along with several other core developers, have licensed
the Nexuiz name, Nexuiz.com domain, and DarkPlaces engine to
Illfonic in a deal to get Nexuiz on consoles. However, the kink is
that the engine has been licensed for non-GPL usage. That is,
Illfonic has no intention of contributing their code back to the
main GPL Nexuiz project. As a result, Nexuiz has been forked into a
new project called Xonotic. While the main Nexuiz site doesn't
mention that Illfonic has no intention of contributing back, the
Xonotic project FAQ explains what's going on. Additionally, the
Xonotic project states that Illfonic 'may be in violation of the GPL
as most contributors to the Nexuiz codebase have not relicensed
their work for inclusion in a closed-source project.'"<br>
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For more information about this game, licenses, etc, see: <br>
Xonotic FAQ <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.xonotic.org/the-game/faq/">http://www.xonotic.org/the-game/faq/</a><br>
Comments about Xonotic (Nexuiz Founder Licences It for non-GPL use)<span
id="title-10717908"><a
href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/03/22/1859212/nexuiz-founder-licenses-it-for-non-gpl-use"><em></em></a></span>:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/03/22/1859212/Nexuiz-Founder-Licenses-It-For-Non-GPL-Use">http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/03/22/1859212/Nexuiz-Founder-Licenses-It-For-Non-GPL-Use</a><br>
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So, I will open a votation about Xonotic to know your opinion about
this game on our distro:<br>
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Question: Do you like to have Xonotic on Parabola?<br>
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1) NO, because I found licenses, documentation issues or no-FSDG on
this game that doesn't respects my freedom and Parabola's principles
(<span id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="en"><span
class="hps">please explain</span> <span class="hps">in detail</span>
<span class="hps">your reason)<br>
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2) YES, but I would like to have it on libre repo.<br>
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3) YES, but I would like to have it on social repo.<br>
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4) YES, but I would like to have it on a custom repo or a new
custom repo e.g: games. (please, if you have a name to create a
new repo for this game, please give us a suggestion)<br>
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