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Louis Rossmann's response to harsh criticism of "Stop Killing Games" from Thor of @PirateSoftware (www.youtube.com)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 155 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (11 children)

I am out of the loop but it seems like a topic to once again promote my age old belief that:

The moment purchased or licensed software is no longer serviced or supported it must become open-source.

No exception. I am still waiting on the firmware to reprogram my smartish oven.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago

This reminds me of warzone 2100. After its publisher (punpkin) ceased trading, some dedicated ex-employees and community members managed to liberate the source code in 2004.

Now it's available in some of the major distros and is still updated to this day.

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