What is an "indie"?

[Wright]

Zappykins said:

Wright said:

Zappykins said:

or a game made by a small team not associated with a major developer.

So if it is a huge team associated with an unknown developer their game is not indie?

No, sure it could.  But usually that just doesn't happen as where is the money to pay the people?

Usually that money is coming from some investor, and without a major lable support, it's really hard to get investors.

But if you can get 600 programers to code for free; awesome dude.

I ask you the same thing I asked previously. What if you're a bunch of people that design a game 100% on your own (thus making it "indie") and then a big publisher is interested on it and wants to publish it?

The game stops being "indie" and is just a "game"?