Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: Alex Herbert Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Giving Code Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 15:07:47 +0000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 27 Message-ID: <3614DE33.BE60658C@ndirect.co.uk> References: <3613857a.4432702@news.playstation.co.uk> Reply-To: aherbert@ndirect.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: th-usr00-21.ndirect.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) Tanvir Khan wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm just writing in to ask why people give out the source code to > their games? I mean it's very kind of them as Iearned a bit about > coding this way through tutorials and small programs, that's ok as > they are meant to teach, but if there's a game someone of proud of > they should not give out the code IMO. > > Don't get me wrong I respect those people who like to share their > talent with the rest. I mean if no one shared their code I would have > no idea of what to do. > Ok. First I had better point out that I have never distributed any of my Yaroze source code. But then, I haven't distributed any executables either. Why? 'Cos I'm lazy and haven't got round to it yet. But I will be putting everthing on my page soon, including full source code. I don't see any reason why I shouldn't. I have nothing to lose, and others may gain something from it. Isn't that the whole point of the Net Yaroze project? Herbs