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id and Valve May Be Violating GPL
frooge writes "With the recent release of iD's catalog on Steam, it appears DOSBox is being used to run the old DOS games for greater compatibility. According to a post on the Halflife2.net forums, however, this distribution does not contain a copy of the GPL license that DOSBox is distributed under, which violates the license. According to the DOSBox developers, they were not notified that it was being used for this release."
There is much better windows doom ports that can fully run that game and ID even has there own win32 port of doom. Also the low screen res of that game will look real bad on new big screen LCD or CRT. Even the old win32 doom port at a max of 640x480 will look better.
I still don't know how I feel, other than really, really sad. Is it pathetic that I was truly attached to this series and these characters? I mean, I thought for a long time that in the end, Bree would die. She would sacrifice herself for the others. But the problem is that this wasn't the end. I don't understand how I can go on watching this show the way I have. The Season 1 Recap really set the record straight for me: All along, everything we've put into this show, every string of hope we've held onto.... it's all been about Bree. I know there are those of you that say you didn't like her. That you watched it for the others. But, how could you watch for the others and be on their side, when all along they were driven by one thing: Bree. Saving her. I've been around a long time on these forums. Maybe I don't have the most posts on the forums, but I post when I have something to say. Maybe I've never received any direct acknowledgement from the Creators or the characters. I'm not in anyone's top 8, nor have I been thanked in a video for my solutions for a puzzle. But I've been there for every puzzle, trying to figure it out. I've analyzed and ripped apart every video, trying to find hints and themes. I've racked my brain out over the meaning of water, immortality, purity, feet, hair, and more for hours on end. I've sat in front of the computer and joked with my fellow fans. I've fought with people and been thoroughly annoyed by people on here. I've complained with people about boredom or disappointment. I've even shared my feelings with some of you regarding my family or friends. When I didn't know if my cousin was dead or alive, this is where I sat, and this is the screen at which I stared. And now I truly feel like I've lost someone important to me. I know it's just a show. I know it isn't real, and I can see Jess again in Greek on Monday. But I can't see Bree again. Never. I feel like Bree never truly opened up to us. Like I've spent the past year trying to understand her, and gain her trust so we could feel what she felt, and understand what she thought. I feel like she contained all these secrets in her heart that are now lost forever. I feel like I'll never truly understand. I suppose that's partly how the Creators wanted it. Perhaps because Jonas and Daniel will never be able to truly understand. Perhaps this "key to everything" is meant to suffice for our lack of understanding. But I doubt it will. She didn't even know that she had the option of being trait negative. Why couldn't they bust that door open? Why couldn't they use the same knife Daniel stabbed the shadow with to threaten Lucy until she gave some answers? WHY COULDN'T BREE LIVE? I just feel like she should have been able to live. I don't see how there can be a season 2 now. And of course, I'll keep watching. I kept watching through everything before. CiW was more compelling than LG15 in the beginning, but I kept watching without her. When Bree and Daniel were just on the run and homeless, everyone was bored and a lot of fans were lost, but I kept watching. When I was strongly opposed to Jonas entering the series, and he did, I kept watching. When I fell in love with the OpAphid ARG, and became truly attached to the people involved with it, and then it was lost over something seemingly meaningless, I kept watching. And that was really the worst blow of them all, thus far. But this? The death of Bree? I mean, the Bree I truly loved was lost months ago. After her dad died, we never saw her, truly, again. But there were short glimpses, here and there. And there was hope. There was faith. Now it's gone. She's really, really done. I'm still in denial. I still think there will be a big twist, and she'll be alive. But even I know that this is really the end of the lonelygirl15. After an entire year of laughing and talking to these characters as if they were real, of connecting to a community of fans of all ages, of seeing the community change and fans come and go while I remained, all driven towards the rescue of Bree, she is gone. It's like we failed. It's like we were going to fail all along but we blindly hoped to win. I've been a faithful lonelycracker for a year now, and I'm suffering from withdrawal symptoms worse than any crackpot I've ever known.
I've never understood why FOSSies spend so much time and energy going nuts about whether so-and-so is violating some kind of free software agreement. They give it away, supposedly free, but won't let go of it. Seems sort of intellectually dishonest.
If it's free... let it go.