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Parsec To Be Released As Open Source

Posted by timothy on from the screenshots-to-drool-on dept.

Mark Bainter writes "The Parsec creators have announced today that they are going to release the Parsec project source code early next month. From the site: 'The source release will include platform support for Win32, MacOS X, and Linux, and contain both OpenGL and Glide rendering code. It will include almost everything that has been part of the earlier LAN-Test releases, as well as our new client/server code that is already far along in development. However, it is our hope that this release will be picked up by the Parsec community for further development, supported by members of the original Parsec Project. This release will be the last official release of the original Parsec Project. It had been our intention to achieve a full-featured release including Internet game play in 2002. However, we were always doing this in our spare time, and since it is taking us too long to reach our original goal, we do not want to keep the Parsec community waiting any longer and have thus decided that it is time to change Parsec's development model to an open source approach.'"

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  1. I hope this will do us all well! by XplosiveX · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I don't think many people will know what this is but I know I will.

    1. Re:I hope this will do us all well! by kjamez · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      second. there's a first for everything, and i was close. i wanted some credit.

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      you can't have everything, where would you put it?
  2. Re:Which ship made the Kessel run in 12 parsecs. by Sethb · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I thought a Parsec was a unit for measuring distance, not speed. That line has always bugged me. :)

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    When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout. --Robert A. Heinlein
  3. Re:Which ship made the Kessel run in 12 parsecs. by jolujogat · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think it is distance, I think their talking about distance, as in the run usually takes much more then that, more dangerous if you go shorter distance or something..

  4. Glorious trolls of the past by joerg · · Score: 0, Offtopic
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