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Re: [kidsgames] Generic adventure game engine



Florian Hars wrote:

> You seem to have a wrong conception of how open source development on
> the internet works. It is not a magical tool that make people do the
> work you want to have done once you put up a website that tells them
> what to do. You have to give contributors a compelling reason to
> contribute, producing yet another faq to end all faqs isn't one.

Yes - exactly.

Most people enjoy programming OpenSource projects (after they've
spent a hard day at work programming closed-source projects) precisely
because they get to choose what to work on - and NOT be directed by
someone else.

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