LF2 Author Marti Wong "Crowdfunding" for LF2 Remastered

[tyt2y3]

I agree on the point, that the crypto stuff will not work out. I am considering to support the project, but hesitating: Why should I support another closed source project? If I only imagine, where we could be in terms of improving and further developing, with an open sourced LF2 or even free software licensed LF2 ... It is a sad fact, that keeping LF2 closed source all these years slowed modification down to a crawl comparatively and hurt the whole community.

If we are honest, we can admit this remastering will not be any commercial success. It is not like hordes of people will appear, dying to buy a remastered version or assets of it.

Why do not they make something public and freedom respecting for the community now, considering LF2 has already lost a lot of players over the years?

If this was some open source or even free software project, I would be immediately up for it and supporting it. As it stands now, I have a hunch, that it will be another closed source project, which will be forgotten over time, because there has not been a single word about making something open or even freedom respecting. It seems to me, that the creators of LF2 have still not come to terms with the fact, that keeping LF2 closed source hurts its community and that community involvement works best with transparency.

If you are looking for an open source LF2, perhaps the closest thing is https://github.com/Project-F/F.LF
We have been doing it for quite some years until now.