3 ms·
> This is because Carmack doesn't really do OSS It's a little disheartening that someone can release their code and still be told they "don't really do OSS".
by 8cvor6j844qw_d6 7mo ago
> This is because Carmack doesn't really do OSS
It's a little disheartening that someone can release their code and still be told they "don't really do OSS".
- enraged_camel 7mo agoIt’s a pretty nasty form of No True Scotsman. “I do open source. Oh, that guy? He doesn’t do real open source.”
- RunSet 7mo agoHe *did* really do OSS. But he don't really do OSS. > id Tech 4 is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, and is to date the last id Tech engine to be open-sourced. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Tech_4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Tech_4 > At QuakeCon 2007, Carmack told LinuxGames that he would integrate as little proprietary software as possible into id Tech 5, as "eventually id Tech 5 is going to be open source also. This is still the law of the land at id, that the policy is that we’re not going to integrate stuff that’s going to make it impossible for us to do an eventual open source release." Carmack resigned from id in 2013, and no source code release followed the launch of id Tech 6 in 2016. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Tech_5#Marketing_and_licensing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Tech_5#Marketing_and_licens...