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The archivist in me loses this fight, I feel general adhering to software freedoms is more important and the greater good compared to a single game.
by dcbadacd 7y ago
The archivist in me loses this fight, I feel general adhering to software freedoms is more important and the greater good compared to a single game.
- ocdtrekkie 7y agoA "single game" is unlikely to be affected. Many games are likely violating the GPL, and it's likely that if there are takedowns because of it, there will be a chilling effect on future source code release. Are you really protecting software freedoms if it ends up, in fact, discouraging the process of freeing more software?
- dcbadacd 7y agoWell, it's not freeing software unless they release the game GPL, if they don't then they're just illegally using GPL source code making the source far from anything free.
- pawjs 7y agoYou talk about software freedom, but I think there's no greatest freedom than being able to use whatever software I want to create something humanity will enjoy.
- yjftsjthsd-h 7y agoYes, of course. It's just that if the software you use (well, incorporate) is GPL-licensed then you also get to release the source code for something humanity will enjoy:)
- Kiro 7y agoGPL is harmful to software freedom.
- dcbadacd 7y agoGPL is harmful to developer freedoms but incredibly beneficial to user freedoms. Please do not conflate the two.