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Re:Freeciv founded 20 years ago today by jbssm on Saturday November 14, 2015 @11:02AM (#10566057)
I believe is just a question of mentality. Programers, being traditionally more closely related with the new technologies and the internet, soon saw open source projects as a way to improve their skills and promote themselves at the same time.

Artists, lagging behind in new technologies, still didn't embrace these projects as means to self promotion. But I believe this will greatly improve with time.

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Re:Freeciv founded 20 years ago today by pcwalton on Saturday November 14, 2015 @12:40PM (#10566490)
> Artists, lagging behind in new technologies, still didn't embrace these projects as means to self promotion.

No, they don't. Look at the various art communities (DeviantART, Tumblr, etc.). Much like open source, there's a vast amount of art being put out there for free for the sheer fun of it as well as for self-promotion.

I think the issue with open source games is simply social and cultural: there wasn't an effort to involve artists from the beginning, and so they didn't get involved.

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