[-] auroz@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 2 months ago

I don't know what the governance setup is like, but in theory the owners of the project can change the license to whatever they like at any time.

The catch is that this doesn't affect old versions, which remain available under the old license. So they could make WP closed-source or make the license more restrictive, but WP-engine or any portion of the community could make a fork and maintain the open source version from there. It wouldn't have the features added by the mainline WP project since the license change (and they'd likely have to change the branding), but that's about all that would be lost.

Similar things have happened in the past: see OpenOffice becoming LibreOffice for example.

[-] auroz@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 months ago

ah my client doesn't show alt text, will take a look later though, thanks :)

[-] auroz@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 months ago

What breed is he? Reminds me of my own cat but we never knew what breed/mix he was

[-] auroz@lemmy.sdf.org 23 points 3 months ago

I've never understood these 1-page RPGs that just involve rolling a die to determine an event from a list that modifies scores, over and over. Where's the roleplaying? Where's the agency? I love a good short RPG but this just feels like a number generator with no story attached.

[-] auroz@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 months ago

You could achieve something similar by using VR to embed 4D environments in 3D space - I'd be very surprised if something like this hasn't already been tried tbh

[-] auroz@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 4 months ago

On machines where I have to use windows I run start10 to replace the start menu with something a little more bearable. I imagine there's a FOSS equivalent but I bought a license years and years ago so I've never bothered to search.

[-] auroz@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 4 months ago

Unfortunately very high, especially with modern systems using "trusted platform module" (TPM) hardware that can tell the software exactly what's running, at a higher privilege level than the OS

[-] auroz@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 4 months ago

The problem is that modern DRM/anti-cheat often works at the kernel level, or by scanning the entire filesystem and running processes. They don't work on linux by design, so the main route to compatibility is showing that there are enough people gaming on linux that they should seek other options for DRM and anti-cheat

[-] auroz@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 4 months ago

I think the issue of gaming on linux hasn't been performance for a while now (native and wine/proton performance can often beat windows) but compatibility - some games still can't run on linux due to DRM, anti-cheat, etc. Things are gradually improving but I think that's the main barrier for the time being

[-] auroz@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 4 months ago

What I'd really love is a script/shader/plugin that lets me do this within the engine - separate out the sprite and its texture so I can swap them out on the fly. Shouldn't be too painful to implement but it's not something I've seen anywhere before

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