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LGP Announces Game Development Project
michaelsimms writes "Linux Game Publishing is excited
to announce our newest project to increase the appeal of Linux gaming. We are sponsoring the development of a from-scratch Linux title! We are looking for developers to work in a team to produce this game, and we will be publishing the game they make! If you are interested, please follow the link to our detailed announcement and within there you will find the rules, requirements, and application process. If you have wanted to get into the gaming industry, if you love playing games, and if you are a creative thinker, not afraid of a challenge and a bit of risk, then you need to take a look." I don't know whether to be happy about anything that promotes Linux gaming, or disappointed that people are being asked to work on a commercial project without a salary.
Giving away your time and code is one thing.
Giving away your time and code for the sole purpose of creating an open source project that someone else profits from, while offering you no interest in that profit, is a totally different thing.
Perhaps if they offer royalties from the sale, that would be a *start*... Not being sure what kind of sales they could expect, I could see no salary from that angle, but *only* if the developers have hope of a royalty if it is successful.
Anything else is unethical. Why should I give them free money?
-- If it ain't broke - overclock it more.