So you think, your specific set of habits and ethics is hardcoded to humanity in general?
I doubt so, because I know enough people who act the way, I like people to act.
In other words, I try to find a way to work towards change in culture. History shows that can be done and has been done multiple times. Every succesful open source project is a step towards that. Wikipedia is a step towards it. Blender. Inkscape. LibreOffice. Linux. VLC. And so on. I believe and hope we improve in that direction.
There are some open source games but they tend to be more like engines than proper games, or are very niche. Some rather popular example:
- Nethack: Maybe the most "complete" open source game I can think of, if you like ASCII characters for graphics.
- Freeciv: The engine is original, but the game logic and assets are a complete ripoff.
- Stepmania: a DDR clone, useless without user contributed (and often illegal) songs.
- SCUMMVM: that's an engine, not a game
There are also plenty of smaller games, some of them of playable but they tend to be at "school project" level. Well below the standards for popular indie games.
As for OpenDiablo2, it is yet another engine, not a game.
I think the open source model can make good engines, because everyone can pick it up and contribute the few features they want, allowing for gradual improvement that the original developers can benefit from.
But for a complete game, you usually need a more global approach, and a lot of work making assets, open sourcing will probably benefits your competitors more than you: once your game is complete, there is little need for you to take advantage of the work of others.
Wing Commander (not sure about the name, played it a long time ago)
Endgame: Singularity
All of those are really good free software games that I played myself. There are a lot more, but I have not played them so I don’t really know how good or bad they are.
I interpreted your statement as "humans are the way they are face it. So they will always give only, when they have to."
Which I don't believe is true. And you apparently neither. So lets call it a misunderstanding.
And yes, I also do not believe, that anyone changes by moral judgment. I certainly did not became a free software activist by reading RMS moral codex. I became it, by listening to inspiring people in my university. By the local linux groups who spend their free time, to help other people. By reading about and using free software. To the point, where I thought, yes, this really makes sense. The world would be such a better place if open source would be the default. Not just for software, but also hardware. Medicine. Knowledge in general.
Utopian? Maybe, but still worth working towards it. And even if the default of the industry will be IP-restricted forever - what has been achieved so far, is very useful already today.
If you work for free, I'd love for you to take a shot at my project! :D Nope, there's nothing in it for you, except the feeling of JOY to work on my plan on taking over the world.
I doubt so, because I know enough people who act the way, I like people to act.
In other words, I try to find a way to work towards change in culture. History shows that can be done and has been done multiple times. Every succesful open source project is a step towards that. Wikipedia is a step towards it. Blender. Inkscape. LibreOffice. Linux. VLC. And so on. I believe and hope we improve in that direction.