The Free Ryzom Campaign -> donate to make Ryzom GPL

[graabein]

aw that's a shame...

[Linulo]

As of Nov 16 2007, the owner of the MMORPG "Saga of Ryzom" GameForge declared bankruptcy and according to this the Initiative to make Ryzom available to the public under the GPL has resumed its activities in this regard. There is no information from the liquidator about the details of a possible auction yet as he is still collecting what the assets exactly are.

Maybe the prospects for the open source community are better this time. Having a capable game engine opensourced could be a good move, especially with respect to a possible (and feasible) port of the client to linux.

[KhaaL]

oh, here we go again...
i really hope we'll free it this time, but it seems the foss collective economy cant beat the big companies economic assets.

*rallys all to chip in!*

edit:their website isn't updated?

[KIAaze]

edit:their website isn't updated?

I think there is a reason for that:

There is no rush to rerun the campaign, as the news in the media was what attracted GF the last time, but in any case we certainly won't let Ryzom die that easily. ;p

http://www.virtualcitizenship.org/fo...opic.php?t=425

If you want to stay informed:
-search for posts by Xavier Antoviaque on the forum (or go here).
-Latest info from the liquidation process: Go to http://www.brouard-daude.com/dossiers.php, type "Gameforge" in the field "Nom" and click on "Rechercher". (Site is in French)

It might take a while. Until then radio silence.