Souldbyt Posted May 4, 2025 Report Share Posted May 4, 2025 I was thinking -- With the advent of 0ad getting out of the alpha phase, would it be a good idea to finally place an official listing on Steam after beefing up the servers or using steam's own servers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deicide4u Posted May 4, 2025 Report Share Posted May 4, 2025 (edited) I am not involved with the team, so this is me talking out of my backside. I believe it makes no sense to push for Steam until the game gets a decent single player campaign and fixes lag in the late game (it's getting there). Edited May 4, 2025 by Deicide4u 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelix Posted June 8, 2025 Report Share Posted June 8, 2025 Maybe we should adjust the answer to the corresponding FAQ. IMO: Abandoning the alpha-versioning doesn't mean the community is resilient enough for a murderous increase of players and need for moderation due to a listing in Steam etc. I take over the 'disgusting place'-argumentation of @Seleucids. Have you used the search function of the forum software with the query 'steam'? There are many more arguments than the ones stated in this thread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damiendada Posted June 19, 2025 Report Share Posted June 19, 2025 Yes, a Steam release would be strategically very beneficial for 0 A.D., provided the game reaches a stable release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perzival12 Posted November 12, 2025 Report Share Posted November 12, 2025 Hey, someone is/was selling 0 A.D. on Steam! There are tons of comments on how someone posted 0 A.D. and is charging for it. Is this old news? Or does someone need to solve this? Here is a link to the page: https://steamcommunity.com/app/2158440. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic-Burger Posted November 12, 2025 Report Share Posted November 12, 2025 12 minutes ago, Perzival12 said: Hey, someone is/was selling 0 A.D. on Steam! There are tons of comments on how someone posted 0 A.D. and is charging for it. Is this old news? Or does someone need to solve this? Here is a link to the page: https://steamcommunity.com/app/2158440. Again? @Stan` @Itms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perzival12 Posted November 12, 2025 Report Share Posted November 12, 2025 The messages are dated 2022, but I wasn't sure if anyone had noticed this. Sorry if I'm late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted November 12, 2025 Report Share Posted November 12, 2025 Yeah it's old news now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whk Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago (edited) As far as I know, the developers of 0ad themselves have allowed in their legal guidelines that anyone can sell it, as stated in the GPL2 and Creative Commons licenses. As long as the source code is publicly available, there is no legal or ethical impediment to selling 0ad with or without modifications. If they don't want it sold, then they should change the license; using the GNU GPL doesn't necessarily mean that you don't have to pay for the free version. I think people who install 0AD from Steam won't care if it's alpha or beta or has campaigns; as long as they can play a single-player game, that's enough. If you don't do it, someone else will, whether by changing the logo, name, and so on, but keeping the same engine and assets. People don't want perfection; they just want to play. And if the game is open source, then modifying and selling it is completely free and allowed. Richard Stallman must be turning in his grave because Steam prevented a game from being sold under his own license. If 0ad was removed from Steam it was only due to ignorance, but it is completely legal if the correct steps of Steam's guidelines are followed, and if the official studio doesn't do it, someone else will someday. Edited 1 hour ago by whk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perzival12 Posted 25 minutes ago Report Share Posted 25 minutes ago 1 hour ago, whk said: As far as I know, the developers of 0ad themselves have allowed in their legal guidelines that anyone can sell it, as stated in the GPL2 and Creative Commons licenses. As long as the source code is publicly available, there is no legal or ethical impediment to selling 0ad with or without modifications. If they don't want it sold, then they should change the license; using the GNU GPL doesn't necessarily mean that you don't have to pay for the free version. I think people who install 0AD from Steam won't care if it's alpha or beta or has campaigns; as long as they can play a single-player game, that's enough. If you don't do it, someone else will, whether by changing the logo, name, and so on, but keeping the same engine and assets. People don't want perfection; they just want to play. And if the game is open source, then modifying and selling it is completely free and allowed. Richard Stallman must be turning in his grave because Steam prevented a game from being sold under his own license. If 0ad was removed from Steam it was only due to ignorance, but it is completely legal if the correct steps of Steam's guidelines are followed, and if the official studio doesn't do it, someone else will someday. The license states that it is Free software. It legally can’t be sold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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