IMPORTANT: The person who released the game on steam today is charging 8€ for it. Please do not buy it. The game is free and always will be. It might contain viruses and other malware.
#FOSS #opensource #indiedev #Steam
yeah, some open source devs do this themselves - if you want (for example) DAVx5 or Nextcloud Deck from the Google store, they’re paid apps, if you get them via F-Droid, binary downloads off their version control, or compile yourself, they’re free.
it’s a little shady doing it with someone else’s work, especially when it sounds like the publisher didn’t contact the 0.A.D. developers first (or at all), but, well, the license is meant to be a clear (if lengthy) statement about what you’re allowed do do with someone’s stuff, I think it’s fair to say that 0.A.D. should choose a different licence if they want to disallow this.
idk maybe this situation will help folks realise that the GPL and friends can be pretty welcoming to business exploitation and maybe the “zeroth freedom” mught just be libertarian garbage
yeah, some open source devs do this themselves - if you want (for example) DAVx5 or Nextcloud Deck from the Google store, they’re paid apps, if you get them via F-Droid, binary downloads off their version control, or compile yourself, they’re free.
it’s a little shady doing it with someone else’s work, especially when it sounds like the publisher didn’t contact the 0.A.D. developers first (or at all), but, well, the license is meant to be a clear (if lengthy) statement about what you’re allowed do do with someone’s stuff, I think it’s fair to say that 0.A.D. should choose a different licence if they want to disallow this.
idk maybe this situation will help folks realise that the GPL and friends can be pretty welcoming to business exploitation and maybe the “zeroth freedom” mught just be libertarian garbage