Freeciv 3.0.0 first beta source code released

The first beta for Freeciv 3.0.0 is now available as source code for download.

Major 3.0.x features are civ2civ3 being the default ruleset, addition
of the alien ruleset, hex maps as the default topology on new
installations, and a whole lot of extra flexibility to create custom
rulesets. See more details at
<http://www.freeciv.org/wiki/NEWS-3.0.0>.

Download the source tarball from one of our mirrors:
<http://www.freeciv.org/download.html#beta>.
(Windows packages should follow shortly at the same location.)

Please do report any bugs you find in this beta release.
<http://www.freeciv.org/wiki/Bug_Reporting>

On behalf of the Freeciv Dev Team,
  Marko Lindqvist