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Valve's Steam License Causes Linux Packaging Concerns

Posted by Soulskill on from the patience-young-padawan dept.

New submitter skade88 writes "With the Linux Steam beta giving Ubuntu and its large userbase all the love, other Linux gamers understandably want to be let in on the fun. For the beta, Valve has provided Steam as a Debian package. Many hungry Linux gamers have reported that they have Steam running on their favorite distro, but that still leaves the legal debate. What is the legal threshold needed to get Steam in the repos of your preferred flavor of Linux? Will Valve's one-size-fits-every-OS license be flexible to work on Linux or will it delay the dream of a viable gaming world for Linux? We are so close to bridging the last major hurdle in finally realizing the year of the Linux desktop: Gaming. Lets hope the FOSS community and Valve can play together so we all win."

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  1. Re:"the year of the Linux desktop"? Make them stop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'll translate this for the Linux-uninclined:

    1. It's your fault for using something that I don't use.

    2. It's your fault for using something I don't like.

    3. It's your fault for caring.

    4. It's your fault for not rolling your own distro.

    5. It's your fault for using something that's broken.

    Typical Linux community response: "It's YOUR fault. STFU and RTFM."

    Typical end-user response "Fuck you, you fat fucking prick. I'm going back to something that actually works and doesn't require being in the elite club of fat-fuck jackoffs with no life and a wad of your own dried and crackly cum splattered across your neckbeard to utilize. Fuck you and die, you fat fucking piece of excremental ass spackle."