From http://forums.openuru.org/viewtopic.php?p=263#p263 GoW is making an outline of the steps needed to bring a game server online. GoW - Open Source Uru Plans, the GOW perspective (See first post for updated outline) There is some duplication but there are also some items there I do not see here. :...

Braggi has started his investigations about server and payment options used in other gaming communities. He's posting the results in this thread on the GoMa forum: http://www.guildofmaintainers.org/Forum ... f=6&t=1139

Thanks for the heads-up, Nalates, and the link. :) My thoughts at the moment are that we need to keep separate the discussion on the technical aspects from the legal and financial ramifications -- different skill sets of expertise and knowledge are required. The focus of this particular subforum is ...

GoMa would have no problem with these sorts of links to their own forums and wiki. We really do want to work with the community to help build Open Source Uru for the benefit of all explorers. Linking information in this way could well save time and avoid duplicated effort. I can't speak for other gu...

Braggi on the GoMa forum has offered to do some research on payment issues , which might be helpful for these discussions too. 1. Regarding a test server: a) We need it. b) It will have to paid for, no doubt. c) I'm willing to help, by paying within my means. d) Regarding organization - what about p...

Mac_Fife wrote: However, I hope that it'll still be possible to create a small, "domestic" configuration that would allow the creative types to do initial testing of their own Fan Content. This is highly desirable because of the overhead of uploading an Age to a test server and managing the permiss...

The MOUL forum has been reorganised so that the Open Source MOUL Technical discussion is gathered in a single place: http://www.mystonline.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=44

Please feel free to add specific links to threads/posts in other forums below, as you spot them.

Could you perhaps contact them, Chacal?

Mind you, GPN Milano is already doing good stuff in the Suggestions area here; perhaps her ears will be burning

Maybe one more thing that needs doing is continuously looking at where things are happening and trying to nudge divergent but redundant groups to work together. Agreed, but... are the groups prepared to be nudged at the moment? ;) This might happen a little further down the road, as things become c...

The first stage of Phase 1 is to inventory assets:

1) Inventory assets:
People (skills, time/opportunity)
Hardware/Facilities
Prerequisite Software (DB, Developer tools (compilers, SDKs, etc))

Please post in this thread prerequisite software needs and availability. Thanks!