Open-Source Mod for Grand Theft Auto
Nov 24, 2008“Today we are marking a new milestone in the history of Multi Theft Auto [...] we have made the decision to re-launch Multi Theft Auto as an open-source project.” The developer announcement on the Grand Theft Auto website comes just before the official release of the multiplayer mod of GTA version 1.0.
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more »Linux Pandora Box Goes into Mass Production
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more »VIM TRICKS Getting beyond vi with the vim text editor
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