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Józef Kucia, Wine developer and founder of Vkd3d has passed away

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This morning we have some sad news to share that CodeWeavers announced last night, as Wine developer Józef Kucia has sadly passed away.

Kucia was the founder of Vkd3d, a Direct3D 12 to Vulkan layer used with Wine as well as being a direct contributor to Wine, Mesa and Debian.

This August, Józef took an extended vacation to the Tatra mountains to explore the longest and deepest cave in Poland, Wielka Sniezna ("Great Snowy Cave"). While exploring, he and another member of his group of six became separated by an unexpected flow of water.  Despite an extensive rescue operation, Józef and his companion died.

Words cannot express the sorrow and heartbreak we feel.  All of us at CodeWeavers extend our heartfelt condolences to Józef's family, friends, loved ones, and everyone else who grieves his passing.

We take some solace from knowing that Józef died doing something he loved, with full understanding of the risks involved.  We admire the courage and ambition he displayed in pursuing his passion.  While his life ended far too soon, it was a life well and fully lived.

You can read the full post on CodeWeavers. Rest in peace, Józef Kucia.

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jens Sep 10, 2019
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These are really sad news. My condolences to his family and friends.
Joeyboots80 Sep 10, 2019
This is dark news indeed. My heart goes out to his family and friends for their immeasurable loss. :'(
wazz4657 Sep 10, 2019
RIP
Avehicle7887 Sep 10, 2019
Very sad news, his contributions to open source were some of the best. My condolences to his friends and family.
buono Sep 10, 2019
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RIP Józef Kucia.
Cloversheen Sep 10, 2019
Having made such contributions by the mere age of 28 is inspiring. May you rest in peace, Józef.

My condolences to those that knew him.
enigmaxg2 Sep 10, 2019
Rest in Peace! your legacy will not be forgotten.

So sad this happened, and on top of that, in a crucial moment for Linux gaming.
KuJo Sep 11, 2019
This throws a completely different light on the job advertisement of Codeweavers at the beginning of September ...
-> https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/codeweavers-still-looking-for-more-developers-to-work-on-steam-play-proton.14947

To see the magnitude of the loss to the open source community, you just have to see how many contributions he recently made to the Wine development:
-> https://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git/search?s=J%C3%B3zef+Kucia;st=author
-> http://wine.1045685.n8.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=user_nodes&user=328342


Last edited by KuJo on 11 September 2019 at 1:56 pm UTC
cprn Sep 12, 2019
Yeah, heart about it on the news... and it's soon after some people died in Tatras struck with thunderstorm. Tragic, weather kills again and so close to home on many levels.

Quoting: KuJoWhew ... We don't have the words. Much too early. 28 years are no age at which one should go. [...]

Well, you can like how the news was spread - tastefully and with sorrow, no words twisting, just a proper quote. Thanks for that, Liam.


Last edited by cprn on 12 September 2019 at 9:35 am UTC
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