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Comment by dcbadacd

7 years 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.

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ocdtrekkie  7 years ago

A "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  7 years ago

    Well, 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  7 years ago

You 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  7 years ago

    Yes, 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:)