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12-16-2005, 02:54 PM

Hello,

For those not aware, I am the author of the Dopefish Screen Saver.

I know that many, many people have e-mailed me over the years (okay, maybe not that many people) and have inquired as to the ever elusive version 2.0 of the screen saver.

The truth is, I don't have enough spare time to be able to develop a professional quality screen saver for free.

HOWEVER, that is why I am writing this post.

I have been milling around the idea in my head to do a little open source development for the screen saver for all those budding programmers out there. After all, the Dopefish Screen Saver that I did in my late teen years and into the early 20's is what helped me understand a lot of the facets of the early Microsoft Visual Basic programming language days.

Today, we have Visual Studio .NET 2005, an extremely super powerful programming language of which I use on a daily basis for my career and there are also many new and emerging technologies that are extremely valuable for learning for the "real world".

So, what I'm looking for is people to post, or to e-mail me who would be interested in this venture. I would like to be a part of the open source project, but I most likely can not devote a large amount of time to coding.

I am willing to provide all previous source code and other miscellaneous Dopefish items that I have collected over the years.

I would be most able to assist and code in the .NET languages of C# or VB, however by no means am I trying to limit the production of a future release to one platform or language.

So... I am open to options. Let me know what programming languages you would like to use... what open source community to use (SourceForge as an example)... let me hear what you have to say about it.

Anyone interested in heading up this idea or do you just want to be part of the goodness that is the screen saver?

I am looking to release any new versions under the GNU Public License. Due to copyright reasons, the Dopefish Screen Saver can not ever be a money maker. The Dopefish is owned by id Software, and they are kind enough to allow the free use of their prior creations.

Feel free to spread the word about this... repost in other boards or newsgroups.

Thanks for reading!

12-16-2005, 02:54 PM	#1
Stingray Guest	Hello, For those not aware, I am the author of the Dopefish Screen Saver. I know that many, many people have e-mailed me over the years (okay, maybe not that many people) and have inquired as to the ever elusive version 2.0 of the screen saver. The truth is, I don't have enough spare time to be able to develop a professional quality screen saver for free. HOWEVER, that is why I am writing this post. I have been milling around the idea in my head to do a little open source development for the screen saver for all those budding programmers out there. After all, the Dopefish Screen Saver that I did in my late teen years and into the early 20's is what helped me understand a lot of the facets of the early Microsoft Visual Basic programming language days. Today, we have Visual Studio .NET 2005, an extremely super powerful programming language of which I use on a daily basis for my career and there are also many new and emerging technologies that are extremely valuable for learning for the "real world". So, what I'm looking for is people to post, or to e-mail me who would be interested in this venture. I would like to be a part of the open source project, but I most likely can not devote a large amount of time to coding. I am willing to provide all previous source code and other miscellaneous Dopefish items that I have collected over the years. I would be most able to assist and code in the .NET languages of C# or VB, however by no means am I trying to limit the production of a future release to one platform or language. So... I am open to options. Let me know what programming languages you would like to use... what open source community to use (SourceForge as an example)... let me hear what you have to say about it. Anyone interested in heading up this idea or do you just want to be part of the goodness that is the screen saver? I am looking to release any new versions under the GNU Public License. Due to copyright reasons, the Dopefish Screen Saver can not ever be a money maker. The Dopefish is owned by id Software, and they are kind enough to allow the free use of their prior creations. Feel free to spread the word about this... repost in other boards or newsgroups. Thanks for reading!