From 6fad6e65f8b57557286da7db94bcd790249adbd2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Spaceman Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 12:17:00 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] v2.0 (Commit created by redmine exporter script from page "Pr" version 3) --- Pr.textile | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/Pr.textile b/Pr.textile index 80ab4a4..86ee7a6 100644 --- a/Pr.textile +++ b/Pr.textile @@ -69,3 +69,21 @@ 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. + +h1. v2 expanded by Spaceman + +We formally announce the beginning of our new community project, Xonotic[link]. + +The founders of the Xonotic[link] project and community were once Nexuiz[link] developers, contributors and believers. + +On March 3rd 2010 IllFonic announced[AT link] their aquisition of nexuiz.com[link], the rights to the games name and a commercial licence for the original Quake 1 game engine for a closed source console version of Nexuiz. + +Following their announcement a large portion of the community joined together to create Team Xonotic[link] and an enduring legacy. Beyond being a first person shooter based on Nexuiz (GPL), Team Xonotic aims to be a rethink and reorganization of how a community creates an open source video game and organizes the services around it. + +A distinct lack of leadership (the announced 253 hot fix is 5 months late), the underhand manner that AlienTrap used to sell the game code and the loss of the Nexuiz identity caused a huge uproar in the game community. This brought together the game coders and players in a community revolt. + +Team Xonotic[link] will be run by a small team of volunteers with no one in total control. All significant decisions will be made by an elected body of six people. + +Xonotic 1.0 is planned to be released in about 6 months. Today a compatibilty pack has been released that will rebrand Nexuiz 252. + +Team Xonotic -- 2.39.2