Re: Libre web front-end

2019-11-14 Thread Quiliro Ordóñez
El 2019-11-13 09:14, Roberto Beltran escribió: >> Sure. The absolutely necessary operations that the users cannot be do >> themselves must unavoidably be on the server. But the game can in fact >> be operated on the users' machines. > > I don't know this because Mary-Anne hasn't disclosed the

Re: Libre web front-end

2019-11-13 Thread Roberto Beltran via libreplanet-discuss
> Sure. The absolutely necessary operations that the users cannot be do > themselves must unavoidably be on the server. But the game can in fact > be operated on the users' machines. I don't know this because Mary-Anne hasn't disclosed the details of her game. If it can be all operated on the

Re: Libre web front-end

2019-11-12 Thread Quiliro Ordóñez
El 2019-11-12 11:08, Roberto Beltran escribió: >> If the code is not released, it is not under the control of the user. >> Service as a Software Substitute (SaaSS) is a risk. > > Even if the code is released it's still not under the control of the > "user" if you mean the gamer. The actual user

Re: Libre web front-end

2019-11-12 Thread Roberto Beltran via libreplanet-discuss
> If the code is not released, it is not under the control of the user. > Service as a Software Substitute (SaaSS) is a risk. Even if the code is released it's still not under the control of the "user" if you mean the gamer. The actual user of the back-end software is the server operator. There

Re: Libre web front-end

2019-11-12 Thread kik
What do you guys think about godot? [1] It's libre (under MIT license), it feels like unity3d and it can export to multiple platforms : desktop OSes, mobile, web (html5+webassembly). [1] https://godotengine.org/ ___ libreplanet-discuss mailing list

Re: Libre web front-end

2019-11-11 Thread Quiliro Ordóñez
El 2019-11-12 00:53, Roberto Beltran escribió: >> Even though browsers are a very useful tool for distributing >> applications without the need to install them locally, they are also a >> risk for users to lose their freedom, since they can use nonfree >> software. And even if the software

Re: Libre web front-end

2019-11-11 Thread Roberto Beltran via libreplanet-discuss
> Even though browsers are a very useful tool for distributing > applications without the need to install them locally, they are also a > risk for users to lose their freedom, since they can use nonfree > software. And even if the software (JavaScript) is released as free > software, it is not

Re: Libre web front-end

2019-11-11 Thread Jean Louis
* MARY-ANNE WOLF [2019-11-10 00:40]: >If I wanted to write a game that people could play in their browser. >and I wanted people who were concerned about libre software and their >privacy to be able to play, what technology could I use? > >Mary-Anne Excellent! You are welcome!

Re: Libre web front-end

2019-11-11 Thread Paul Fernhout
Hi Mary-Anne, There are so many options for web front ends that your question has no easy answer. And many (but not all) web UI libraries these days have free licenses (often MIT or BSD) so there are a lot of possible choices. If you ask a dozen different web developers you may get a dozen

Re: Libre web front-end

2019-11-11 Thread Matt Ivie
On Sat, 2019-11-09 at 14:08 -0500, MARY-ANNE WOLF wrote: > If I wanted to write a game that people could play in their browser. > and I wanted people who were concerned about libre software and their > privacy to be able to play, what technology could I use? > > Mary-Anne >    If I wanted to

Re: Libre web front-end

2019-11-11 Thread Quiliro Ordóñez
El 2019-11-09 14:08, MARY-ANNE WOLF escribió: > If I wanted to write a game that people could play in their browser. >and I wanted people who were concerned about libre software and their >privacy to be able to play, what technology could I use? Very nice contribution. Games are the best

Libre web front-end

2019-11-09 Thread MARY-ANNE WOLF
If I wanted to write a game that people could play in their browser. and I wanted people who were concerned about libre software and their privacy to be able to play, what technology could I use? Mary-Anne ___ libreplanet-discuss mailing