FSF pledges $60,000 to the Free Ryzom Campaign

The Free Software Foundation has sent out a press release announcing that has pledged $60,000 to the Free Ryzom Campaign. This campaign is seeking to purchase and free the Ryzom multiplayer game, the owner of which is currently in bankruptcy court (LWN covered this campaign last week). "The Free Ryzom campaign represents a unique opportunity for the free software movement and the emerging free gaming field. A fully free MMORPG (massively multiplayer online roleplaying game) engine and client/server architecture would allow the development of a myriad of universes, each one evolving its own philosophy and unique content - but sharing in general technical improvements." According to the release, this pledge lets the campaign raise its bid to €200,000.

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