From: -z- Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:50:00 +0000 (+0000) Subject: made some updates but still blahhhh X-Git-Url: https://git.rm.cloudns.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=fad0781cf51a09b8f9b2e57506e96f26fc4a18f7;p=xonotic%2Fxonotic.wiki.git made some updates but still blahhhh (Commit created by redmine exporter script from page "Pr" version 14) --- diff --git a/Pr.textile b/Pr.textile index 1bd0e69..880c739 100644 --- a/Pr.textile +++ b/Pr.textile @@ -68,7 +68,14 @@ h1. Our announcement (Here is where the announcement copy will start) -We'd like to formally announce the beginnings of our new community project, Xonotic. The founders of this project and community were first Nexuiz[link] developers, contributors and believers. Following the March 1st announcement of IllFonic's aquiring of nexuiz.com and the rights to the name for their closed source PS3 version of Nexuiz, a large portion of the community has joined together to create Xonotic. Beyond being a first person shooter based on Nexuiz (GPL) 2.5.2svn[link], Xonotic aims to be a rethink and reorganization of how we share a GPL video game and organize the services around it. +We'd like to formally announce the beginnings of our new community project, Xonotic. The founders of Xonotic were first Nexuiz[link] developers, contributors and believers. On March 3rd 2010 IllFonic announced[AT link] their aquisition of nexuiz.com[link], rights to the name and a commercial license from Id Software[link] for the original Quake 1 game engine, so build a closed source console version of Nexuiz. A large portion of the community was very upset by this surprise because Lee Vermeulen failed to complete his due diligence to contributors and more importantly the development team known as 'Alientrap', which in this deal only consisted of Lee Vermeulen and Forest Hale (Darkplaces Engine creator). + +An open-letter[link] fell on deaf ears, Vermeulen didn't apologize and trust has been lost. + +Developers and contributors joined together to create Xonotic. Beyond being a first person shooter based on Nexuiz (GPL) 2.5.2svn[link], Xonotic aims to be a rethink and reorganization of how we share a GPL video game and organize the services around it. + +[still reworking] + h1. v2 expanded by Spaceman