Unregistered said:
Do you have any argument or just trolling?
I think that when somebody comes out of nowhere telling the members of a WC fan project that they should not make a WC fan project, he should be very careful throwing words like "trolling" around.
The only reason for using closed source, if the pioneer is based Wing Commander Secret Ops programcode.
Strictly speaking, yes, there are no other reasons for using closed-source for a non-commercial project... but then the open-source people show up, and demonstrate exactly why open-source is a bad idea.
See, open-source is a way of doing things, and it's a really great way of doing things. Unfortunately, however, it's also more than that - to a very large group of people out there (and that group almost certainly includes you - but if not, I apologise for the insult) it's an ideology. And a truly obnoxious ideology at that. We're talking about people who claim that it's great to make a half-assed, half-finished product because hey - it's open-source, so the user can finish it himself, and besides, closed-source is the way 3viL Microsoft makes its products!!!!
The closed-source option is a great way of asserting that you oppose this disgustingly stupid ideology. It's a wonderful way of stating that, no, damn it, you're not going to just make a half-assed engine, you're going to make a
game, and it's gonna be finished, and it's gonna be polished, and it's gonna be something no open-source game can ever be - it's gonna be great.
(I'm not saying Pioneer is gonna be great, mind you - I hope it is, but it's still far too early to tell whether it'll even be finished, let alone great. But I sure have more confidence in it than I would if it were open-source)
However Privateer remake project is also legal-risky project because of origin's (now EA) IP. A similar (cloned world) could be also fun, also important without legal risk.
You know, most people who work on WC fan projects aren't interested in simply making a space-sim. They're interested in somehow continuing the Wing Commander universe. And as for the legal risks, they don't exist as long as you don't do anything stupid, like call your mod Wing Commander 7 or something.