happysmileman
September 25th, 2007, 05:29 PM
As part of my LCVP (Leaving Cert. Vocational Program) project in school I've been asked to start, with a friend, a project or business, and preferably earn money (not necessary but it's obviously our aim)
My idea was that we download a bunch of FOSS games for Windows, put them on a DVD (along with source code to make it easier to follow the GPL etc.) and sell it for €5-6.
I'd like to know a few things, mainly your opinions.
First of all, what games should I get (the obvious one).
I'm thinking of Battle For Wesnoth definitely, for it's small size and great gameplay.
I was thinking of putting Enemy Territory on it, but while the engine is open-source the game contents itself don't appear to be, any know about this?
Not really sure what else, possibly Nexuiz and stuff.
Secondly, I'll be putting the game installer on it, as well as the text of whatever license it's distributed under and, given enough space, the full code (otherwise I'll give contact details and state on the DVD that I can give it out).
Can you see anything here that may be violating the GPL? Or any other law for that matter? (I will look into the other OSS licenses as necessary, but this is just the initial planning.
I'll also put a readme file (probably HTML) that will explain which games are under which license and a brief description, maybe a page with description for each?
Third, can you think of anything I'd need to do other than copy the files to a disk image and burn it? Would I be required to help people with installing these or do I just need to distribute with code and license (and my HTML files with basic info about each)
I may have more problems, but can't think of any, mainly just want to make sure it's legal and will work for now, I think I'd like to be able to start selling them by next Saturday so no rush, might take about a day or two to set it up but no more.
Oh and I'm not trying to push FOSS or Linux or anything, and the game will all be for Windows, I'm just concerned about doing well on project and maybe making some money, I most probably will include some links to Ubuntu site, FSF, GNU or stuff, and maybe have a HTML file explaining benefits of FOSS. But this is about selling games and coming up with a good idea for a project mostly
My idea was that we download a bunch of FOSS games for Windows, put them on a DVD (along with source code to make it easier to follow the GPL etc.) and sell it for €5-6.
I'd like to know a few things, mainly your opinions.
First of all, what games should I get (the obvious one).
I'm thinking of Battle For Wesnoth definitely, for it's small size and great gameplay.
I was thinking of putting Enemy Territory on it, but while the engine is open-source the game contents itself don't appear to be, any know about this?
Not really sure what else, possibly Nexuiz and stuff.
Secondly, I'll be putting the game installer on it, as well as the text of whatever license it's distributed under and, given enough space, the full code (otherwise I'll give contact details and state on the DVD that I can give it out).
Can you see anything here that may be violating the GPL? Or any other law for that matter? (I will look into the other OSS licenses as necessary, but this is just the initial planning.
I'll also put a readme file (probably HTML) that will explain which games are under which license and a brief description, maybe a page with description for each?
Third, can you think of anything I'd need to do other than copy the files to a disk image and burn it? Would I be required to help people with installing these or do I just need to distribute with code and license (and my HTML files with basic info about each)
I may have more problems, but can't think of any, mainly just want to make sure it's legal and will work for now, I think I'd like to be able to start selling them by next Saturday so no rush, might take about a day or two to set it up but no more.
Oh and I'm not trying to push FOSS or Linux or anything, and the game will all be for Windows, I'm just concerned about doing well on project and maybe making some money, I most probably will include some links to Ubuntu site, FSF, GNU or stuff, and maybe have a HTML file explaining benefits of FOSS. But this is about selling games and coming up with a good idea for a project mostly