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Am I right that the original programmers didn't make a lot of money on that, instead, various western corporations did? A bit like Kalashnikov guy.
by xchaotic 10y ago
Am I right that the original programmers didn't make a lot of money on that, instead, various western corporations did?
A bit like Kalashnikov guy.
- konart 10y agoWell, Kalashnikov's case is a bit different - there wasn't and couldn't be a private company of the sort, he was working for the state.
- lucio 10y agoIn the Soviet Union, everybody was working "for the state".
- whatever_dude 10y agoYes, you are correct. The article talks about that briefly. They got no royalties, because the game basically belonged to the Russian government. It was licensed in various ways (some of them not completely legitimate). Pajitnov only got the license to the game in 1996.