NiL (recursive acronym for NiL Isn t Liero ) is a free software clone of the once popular DOS computer game Liero, which is freeware. NiL runs on Linux and Microsoft Windows and is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License. NiL is not, like Liero, limited to two players as it has support for an infinite number of players over a Transmission Control Protocol network.

The project was initiated by Flamming Frandsen in winter 1999 after he had stumbled across Liero, which he liked so much that he decided to reimplent it under Linux. He however abandoned the project five months later due to being too busy for it. NiL was then dead until the beginning of 2004 when the current developer and maintainer of NiL, Christoph Brill, find out about the project and took over. Thereafter Daniel Schneidereit joined the project as well, but soon left. Other contributors include Nils Thuerey, Harri Ilari Tapio Liusvaara and Phil Howlett.

=See also=

*Liero s precursor MoleZ .

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