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This is using my gameboy emulator, binjgb[0], on the website! (well one of my gameboy emulators, heh [1][2]) It's been used as the emulator for GB Studio for a
by binji 3y ago
This is using my gameboy emulator, binjgb[0], on the website! (well one of my gameboy emulators, heh [1][2]) It's been used as the emulator for GB Studio for a little while now, but I don't know how often people embed it in their websites, so it's really cool to see.
[0] https://github.com/binji/binjgb https://github.com/binji/binjgb
[1] https://github.com/binji/pokegb https://github.com/binji/pokegb
[2] https://binji.github.io/raw-wasm/badgb/ https://binji.github.io/raw-wasm/badgb/
- nacs 3y agoOnline version using the emulator is here: https://grimacesbirthday.com/ https://grimacesbirthday.com/
- polygot 3y agoThe animation when grimace wipes out is mildly amusing
- hackernewds 3y agodo you get compensated for use?
- binji 3y agonah, people can do whatever they want with it :)
- splatzone 3y agoMcDonalds makes ~$23 billion per year. You deserve something.
- Aeolun 3y agoWhen they decided to release it how they did they decided that compensation was secondary. Maybe just the fact that their software is now used by millions of people is cool enough?
- quickthrower2 3y ago... Recalls Simpon's episode where Bill Gates says "I didn't get rich handing out checks"
- ssnistfajen 3y agoPlease read the licensing terms in their GitHub repo first before making a comment.
- makapuf 3y agoI have the right to stand up in front of a music performer, invite friends to come over and listen to the great show, receive expensive gifts from my friends for their great evening and then give nothing to the street performer. Its my right !
- dumpsterdiver 3y agoI mean... yeah. In the meantime you haven't taken anything from that person; they are performing on a public street. On the contrary, similar to a packed restaurant, your presence might signal to others that there is something worth experiencing where you and your friends are crowded. This could in turn benefit the person you're crowded around by bringing more wallets within earshot. So you haven't actually given nothing, you've given your attention, and you've advertised for that person as if you were wearing a giant chicken suit spinning a sign and shouting, "Hey everyone, check out this person! Their music is good enough to attract a crowd!" The fact that your friends in this scenario would weirdly shower you with expensive gifts after inviting them to watch a street musician perform doesn't negate the free advertising you've provided.
- throwaway290 3y agoYes, the performer would benefit from that attention. Maybe some of the people your presence brings around will tip them, etc. The difference is that the existence of the performer is super obvious while in this case author and their work is hidden so author will not benefit in the same way.
- Talanes 3y agoThe author is also hidden from anyone who would be authorizing payment. The only person involved who might know the author is the guy making the game, and they likely used what leverage they had on their own contract.
- Andrex 3y agoMorally, maybe. Legally, no.
- oh_sigh 3y agoThey are getting exactly what they asked for.
- thrdbndndn 3y agoI personally don't think we should expect more from a "richer" user as soon as they're following the license of OSS (or expect anything different at all, regardless users' background or purpose). It just doesn't make sense, not even morally.
- mickael-kerjean 3y agoWhere do you put the bar of the legal vs morale argument? A few days ago, I discovered a government entity in Pakistan was using my AGPL software [1] to handle censoring of media through their "ministry of information and broadcasting". I did release my software under AGPL as I like the underlying ideology of free software with a large emphasis on the freedom and not the free of charge but would have never expect some regime would come to use it to handle censoring. [1]: https://github.com/mickael-kerjean/filestash https://github.com/mickael-kerjean/filestash
- thrdbndndn 3y agoI personally think your particular scenario is the easier one: such "client" will ignore any license requirement or "moral pressure" anyway, as soon as they can acquire the software in some way. There shouldn't be moral burden on the devs. You do more good (way more) than harm. Otherwise I doubt Linus can sleep at night. I'd say this is no difference from, say, a knife manufacturer when it comes to the harm the knives do. Commercial use is something devs are more torn because they feel they're being exploited while the client is not doing anything wrong inherently (doing business). And in that case, you have to adjust your expectation to be exactly the same as the license you put in to resolve such cognitive dissonance.
- vocatus_gate 3y ago"the harm the knives do" Ah yes, those famous knives that jump up and attack people, when they're not too tired from autonomously cutting steaks and chopping vegetables.
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- mynonameaccount 3y agoThey developer isn't complaining, why are you? Maybe you can create something, opensource it MIT, and then complain.
- kortilla 3y agoYou’re thinking of revenue. Where is your outrage over the government using open source given its revenue? You’re missing the point of open source if you think it’s quid pro quo.
- _piif 3y agoNot everyone does everything with the expectation of seeing their bank account inflated in return. Sometimes people work on things just for the gist of it and I always appreciate seeing something driven solely by legitimate enthusism. :)
- throw10920 3y agoThe amount of money that McDonalds makes is completely irrelevant to how much the developer "deserves". Especially given that they released their product as open-source and explicitly sought no payment.
- fnordpiglet 3y agoRepresent
- decko 3y agoYou are in the credits though!
- manojlds 3y agoFunny how people ask this while also being critical on Nintendo. If creator of emulator is to be compensated, are you going to compensate Nintendo as well?
- datpiff 3y agoWhy would Nintendo be compensated? All the technologies used are re-implementations of their work.
- manojlds 3y ago"their work" - enough said.
- datpiff 3y agoLol should open source projects pay commercial vendors? They are recreating "their work" right?
- manojlds 3y agoI didn't even argue for it. My only comment was on someone saying the person creating this should get money while they won't think of Nintendo. Oracle v Google also comes into the picture.
- Andrex 3y agoIf this is the same emulator ejected by GB Studio when it exports to web, that makes sense. All GB Studio projects on Itch.io likely use your emu too! https://itch.io/games/made-with-gb-studio https://itch.io/games/made-with-gb-studio 725 listed so far (lots of asset packs and tech demos I'm sure, but still.)
- binji 3y agoheh, good point! Most of the older ones are using GameBoy-Online[0] instead, since that was the GB Studio default for a while. But I think everything since GBStudio 3 should be binjgb. [0] https://github.com/taisel/GameBoy-Online https://github.com/taisel/GameBoy-Online
- Andrex 3y agoGB Studio 3 is the shit. Thanks for (unintentionally?) being apart of that!
- chrismaltby 3y agoAs the creator of GB Studio, thanks, really appreciate that! And thanks to binjgb for the excellent emulator. Really cool to see GB Studio being used for this.
- brennopost 3y agoThank you for your emulators. I've used pokegb as reference to my own emulator, and used binjgb debugger to fix many issues.
- binji 3y agoGlad they've helped! There are plenty of better emulators, but I'm pretty proud of binjgb for being small, pretty fast, and pretty accurate.