Re:Not open source either [was: Re:Transgaming pat
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I have to agree. Does "Open Source" have to mean that you give up your rights to any profit? Sounds like Communism to me. Shouldn't Open Source mean that the average joe can look at the source and change it if he needs to? Even give what he makes out to others? That's open enough for me.
I like Transgaming. I've talk to some of their developers on IRC and the head guy. They were all nice and very helpful when I was messing with CVS code. I hope they are able to turn a profit and bring a large number of games to Linux.
I also realize that I don't have to pay to use the code... but I will pay to have a vote in what they work on next and to keep them in business.
The tone that I have gathered over the last few weeks is that most of the Newsposters (ie CmdrTaco, John Katz, et al.) are seemingly Gore supporters. To me, this just doesn't make much sense. Why do you want to pay huge amounts of taxes to support a larger, more intrusive government? Why do you want the government to regulate everything from business to agriculture to where you live. It's called Socialism people.
After thinking about the whole situation some more I began to think that perhaps the open-source community is probably fairly liberal given their disdain for corporations. There is nothing wrong with corporations making a product and selling it and getting rich. I thought that is what America is all about. Maybe I'm not as in tune with all things Open Source as I thought, or maybe I'm wrong. Entreprenuerships not Entitlements.
I apologize in advance if I have misrepresented anyone here. Comments or Flames welcome.
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I have to agree. Does "Open Source" have to mean that you give up your rights to any profit? Sounds like Communism to me. Shouldn't Open Source mean that the average joe can look at the source and change it if he needs to? Even give what he makes out to others? That's open enough for me.
I like Transgaming. I've talk to some of their developers on IRC and the head guy. They were all nice and very helpful when I was messing with CVS code. I hope they are able to turn a profit and bring a large number of games to Linux.
I also realize that I don't have to pay to use the code... but I will pay to have a vote in what they work on next and to keep them in business.
The tone that I have gathered over the last few weeks is that most of the Newsposters (ie CmdrTaco, John Katz, et al.) are seemingly Gore supporters. To me, this just doesn't make much sense. Why do you want to pay huge amounts of taxes to support a larger, more intrusive government? Why do you want the government to regulate everything from business to agriculture to where you live. It's called Socialism people.
After thinking about the whole situation some more I began to think that perhaps the open-source community is probably fairly liberal given their disdain for corporations. There is nothing wrong with corporations making a product and selling it and getting rich. I thought that is what America is all about. Maybe I'm not as in tune with all things Open Source as I thought, or maybe I'm wrong. Entreprenuerships not Entitlements.
I apologize in advance if I have misrepresented anyone here. Comments or Flames welcome.
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