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ITT: We circlejerk about open-source being the one true way of distributing software
| Not one of them, but Im not completely in disagreement either. Being open source has its benefits, but its not entirely the "one true way".
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i dunno though, not everything needs to be open source. As a consumer, I want to be able to modify stuff if i really need to, but as a dev, i usually don't want people fucking with my shit.
| Everything should be open source and free, absolutely everything
| >>412244 what about patents and designs? If, say, a car had an open source patent and design, what is stopping other companies from taking the design and putting their own logo on it and selling it for more?
| >>412292 >>412245 okay guys, I was just circlejerking. Sorry, I was making fun of people like that. I actually believe some things should be propietary, like patents and games
| >>412322 not many people would make games if they had to be open source, especially big studios that don’t know what “Linux” is
| >>412292 Tesla did *exactly that* with their engine design iirc. Also to answer that, look at how redhat uses branding to create a barrier there
| >>412292
If you put your logo on it you are still responsible for the quality of your implementation and for maintainance (which results may have to be open to anyone too, if it's about improvements of the idea)
| >>412369
Ironically alot of todays popular game titles originally were mods that were created openly by reverse engineering and distributed for free. E.g. counterstrike (originally a half live mod) and mobas like lol and dota2 (dota was a custom warcraft 3 scenario). More openess is good for gaming industry.
| >>412529 He cant. Proprietary dicks need external hydraulic pumps to be erect. It is a feature you know, protected by EULA.
By the way there is also the updated proprietary dick version 1.2 which has an usb 3 port and will back up your data to the cloud.
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| >We circlejerk about open-source being the one true way of distributing software
But it's not. Free as in Freedom Software is objectively superior.
| >>413035 you mean until sjw's try to coopt a good thing and then proceed to ruin it like they do with everything
| USSR didn't have any patents and copyright laws so why should we?
| >>413895 First of all, we had patents in USSR. They were more like trophies, sure, but you still got priviliges when it came down making decicions concerning production or implemintation of whatever you invented/stole from the west. And considering the fact that **ALL** the means of production were controlled by the state, nobody outside of the group that were allowed by the party to produce/implement the invention would ever get a chance at doing it.
TL;DR It was not free.
| >>412523
Unrelated opinion: MOBAs are terrible games.
But, for the most part, games are pretty much closed off. The source engine is still owned by valve, and they usually only allow modded standalones on steam because theyre literally raking in cash from the fact that steam is their own platform.
| sorry for the double post
| triple post epic style
| >>414534
Well in my opinion alot "modern" games are terrible because of the way they are distributed and maintained. But our opinions don't matter. What matters is general popularity and profit. And here the gaming industry already discovered the potential of voluntary work by enthusiasts, which means they become a tiny bit more open. Of course you are right, that they'll bound developers to their platforms, but we still live in a capitalist world, which is a topic on its own.
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| >>414269
Yeah kalashnikov got a medal for building THE most widely used gun ever. So he was kinda recognised and copyrighted
| game engine = open source, game assets = non-free, problem solved, ya welcome
btw this is still considered free software by the FSF
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