[A self-hosted, open source, Pinterest clone.][link] Built with Python, from the looks of it.
[link]: http://getpinry.com/ “Pinry”
Tag: open source
[Raising a pretty impressive (approx) $1k per minute right now, getting close to 1/4 of their $950,000 goal with 29 days left to go][link]. That the console is Android-based gives me pause, because… Android, but at the same time, something needs to shake up the home console scene and this might be it.
[link]: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ouya/ouya-a-new-kind-of-video-game-console “OUYA: A New Kind of Video Game Console by OUYA — Kickstarter”
Which so far amounts to $351,207 for charity ([EFF][eff] and [Child’s Play][child]). Aquaria, Gish, Lugaru HD, and Penumbra Overture have pledged to go open source ([free as in ‘free speech’][speech]). There are going to be hundreds of posts trying to examine what Humble Indie Bundle “did right,” but it’s real simple:
1. Well put-together website.
2. Great games
3. Name your own price
4. Charity
5. A newish idea that strikes people as clever
There will be many, many, imitators. Most of them will forget about Steps 1, 2, and 5.
[link]: http://www.wolfire.com/humble “The Humble Indie Bundle (pay what you want for five awesome indie games)”
[speech]: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html “GNU Freedom”
[eff]: http://www.eff.org/ “The Electronic Frontier Foundation”
[child]: http://childsplaycharity.com/ “Child’s Play Charity”
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Commercial MMORPG “Ryzom” Goes Open Source
[This is the first commercial game I can think of taking this step][link] while the game is still live. All of the Ryzom source including tools, client, and server codebases are fully open source free software. For more, [see the FAQ][link]. It sounds to me a lot like a MUD codebase, and that makes me smile.
I do not see this helping them in the marketplace, but I’d like to see this become a trend. I have a lot of old PC games which are no longer playable due to DRM or other online components which no longer exist.
[faq]: http://dev.ryzom.com/wiki/ryzom/OpenSourceFAQ “Ryzom – OpenSourceFAQ – Ryzom Core Development Site”
[link]: http://blog.ryzom.com/post/575861866/the-mmorpg-ryzom-goes-free-software “Ryzom goes open source”
[Thanks to the efforts of Andy Baio][link].
[link]: http://waxy.org/2009/07/code_rush_in_the_creative_commons/ “Code Rush in the Creative Commons – Waxy.org”