Open City (charity)
An open city is a city that is declared demilitarized during a war, entitling it to immunity from attack under international law. Open City may also refer to: * '' OpenCity'', a free open-source game * ''Open City'', an online magazine operated by the Asian American Writers' Workshop * Open City, the company which published ''RealTime'', an Australian arts magazine * ''Open City'' (film), a 2008 South Korean film * ''Open City'' (magazine), a New York City-based magazine * ''Open City'' (newspaper), a defunct Los Angeles underground newspaper * ''Open City'' (novel), a 2012 novel by Teju Cole See also * ''Rome, Open City ''Rome, Open City'' ( it, Roma città aperta, also released as ''Open City'') is a 1945 Italian neorealist war drama film directed by Roberto Rossellini and co-written by Sergio Amidei, Celeste Negarville and Federico Fellini. Set in Rome in 19 ...

Open City
In war, an open city is a settlement which has announced it has abandoned all defensive efforts, generally in the event of the imminent capture of the city to avoid destruction. Once a city has declared itself open the opposing military will be expected under international law to peacefully occupy the city rather than destroy it. According to the Protocol I of the Geneva Conventions, it is forbidden for the attacking party to "attack, by any means whatsoever, non-defended localities". The intent is to protect the city's civilians and cultural landmarks from a battle which may be futile. Attacking forces do not always respect the declaration of an "open city". Defensive forces will occasionally use the designation as a political tactic as well. In some cases, the declaration of a city to be "open" is made by a side on the verge of defeat and surrender; in other cases, those making such a declaration are willing and able to fight on but prefer that the specific city be spared. Of ...
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OpenCity
''OpenCity'' is a free and open-source software 3D city-building game started in 2003 by France-based Vietnamese programmer Duong-Khang Nguyen. The game mechanics are similar to ''SimCity'', although the game developers do not strive to make it a direct ''SimCity'' Video game clone, clone. Gameplay In the game, the player builds a city by marking land as commercial, industrial or residential zones. Those zones depend on each other to grow. The player is also required to supply the city with power and connect the different zones by building roads. Origins and development ''OpenCity'' is the product of programmer Duong-Khang Nguyen and 3D artist Frédéric Rodrigo. Nguyen was inspired by the open source game ''FreeReign''; when he realized that the ''FreeReign'' project was cancelled and the source code was not in the condition to be improved, he began development on his own city-building simulator. The work in project started in 2003 with the registration on SourceForge.
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