Re:Games can be open-source (Score 1)

That may work for a game like Diablo, but not really for Everquest. Games like Everquest require a huge amount of bandwidth, so you can't support hundreds of people on a cable modem connection at home. You need an OC3 at least to run such a game. As for giving away clients (not the source, but the client itself), It looks like the guys at Reakktor Media, AG are going to give away the client for their upcoming MMORPG/FPS hybrid, Neocron. They will charge 10 bucks a month, with discounts if you buy 3 or 6 month subscriptions. Unfortunately, though, it doesn't look like Reakktor at this point is interested in doing a MacOS or Linux port of the game, since they only made Direct X and Glide renderers for the game. Of course, if they made a lot of money off the Windows (not I didn't use the term "Windoze", I actually like Windows 2000), they might port it to Linux and Mac. Who knows. And no, I'm not a supporter of Open Source software.