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News Release
For Immediate Release
Loki Contact:
Kathryn Sorhaindo
Loki Entertainment Software
Tel.: ++1 (714) 505-8915 x12
sigyn@lokigames.com
TUSTIN, CA, November 4, 1999 - Loki Entertainment announces today the creation of a CVS server to facilitate public access to its Open-Source projects.
Loki is a leader in the Linux gaming arena, working with successful game publishers to port their commercial PC and Macintosh titles to the Linux platform. While it is their responsibility to closely guard the publisher's original game code, Loki has taken the initiative to make available to the public any improvements to the Linux software code.
"One reason we've been successful is that we create Open Source tools to replace proprietary code in our games," said Scott Draeker, president of Loki. "We give these tools back to the community in the form of Open Source projects. We hope other developers will evaluate our tools for projects and choose to use them rather than the proprietary alternatives."
The Loki CVS server allows the public to access the latest development source code for Loki's several Open-Source projects, including SMJPEG, a motion JPEG library, SMPEG, a MPEG-1 playback library, and Setup, a GUI Installer. Other modules available for viewing include SDL, a cross-platform multimedia development API, and Mixer, an enhanced version of the sample SDL audio mixer.
Loki's Open-Source projects are freely available for download from www.lokigames.com, and are offered under the GNU Library Public License (LGPL). A web interface for the CVS server is available at http://cvs.lokigames.com/. Additional information on CVS is located at http://www.loria.fr/~molli/cvs-index.html.
A privately held company, Loki Entertainment Software has headquarters in Orange County, California and was established in 1998. Loki meets a pent-up need in the Linux community by providing fully-supported, shrink-wrapped games for sale through traditional retail channels. For more information, visit www.lokigames.com.
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