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Handing online servers over to consumers could carry commercial or legal risks, she said, in addition to safety concerns due to the removal of official company moderation.

  • Goodeye8@piefed.socialEnglish
    201·
    11 hours ago

    This has already been addressed by SKG. Nobody is demanding the source code. Developers have multiple ways to solve this and SKG deliberately leaves that part open so developers could choose whatever works best for them.

    Whoever told you developers would have to release the source code is lying and is against the initiative.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      6·
      10 hours ago

      Here are a few options, this isn’t exhaustive:

      • release source code
      • release server binaries, like Minecraft and others do
      • release server API docs and help the community build their own
      • disable the online bits
      • move the online bits to P2P to not need a server
      • embed the server in the client to allow people to host

      There are lots of options here.