Comment on Duckstation(one of the most popular PS1 Emulators) dev plans on eventually dropping Linux support due to Linux users, especially Arch Linux users.

• GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m all for jerking around on Windows folks to use Linux in jest and fun, but to purposely shit on a major contributor of any foss for not using Linux makes my blood boil.

  honestly, I hope the dev reads this and takes my advice.

  as a Linux guy, run dude. fuck these assholes. they don’t deserve you time, your talent, or your efforts. gank your shit, rewrite the license, and block any Linux use. and make sure you call out the distro(s) responsible. sometimes assholes have to be put in their place to learn anything. even then, if history tells us anything they’re just going to go poison some other poor dev and forget about you.

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  • michaelmrose@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The original code was GPL which he illegally re-licensed to creative commons.

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    • deaddigger@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If you are the copyright owner you can relicense any way you want learn some copyright law.

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      • cole@lemdro.id ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        right but unless you sign a contributor licensing agreement when you contribute then the copyright owner can’t relicense code you contributed.

        so if you contribute to a GPL codebase it’s pretty legally perilous to try to unilaterally relicense code that isn’t “yours”.

        this is pretty nebulous territory anyways, but I’d argue it’s pretty unethical to relicense to a more restrictive license essentially “taking” the GPL code from contributors

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      • AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        This is true, but it’s also true that the older gpl versions can’t be revoked.

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      • 9bananas@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        yes you can!

        …for new versions. not for already released ones.

        at least not with most common copyleft/open source licenses.

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      • JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You’ll find the copyright owner is Sony.

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    • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      fair enough, but that doesn’t mean he has to do everything anyone asks him. he’s still within his rights to close the source down and obliterate it from the internet. others will come and pick up the torch.

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      • null@lemmy.nullspace.lol ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        And likewise, that doesn’t mean people aren’t allowed to give him shit for doing it.

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  • socsa@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not really sure how you read my comment as "shitting" on anyone. I'm just commenting that it's unexpected and unusual for a FOSS dev to not be Linux user. Idc what they do, just making the observation as someone involved in the FOSS space that most of my peers are more likely to shit on windows than Linux.

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    • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      you didn’t make an observation. you made a statement. you stated that it’s impossible to fathom why anyone doing foss would continue using Windows over Linux.

      it’s not impossible, you just choose to disregard their personal preferences.

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      • tabular@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        “It’s impossible” is often used not to literally describe a logically impossible event but instead as an exaggeration. “I can’t possibly fathom why” is also not literal, it means under regular circumstances.

        I cannot imagine why anyone would prefer grass that cuts your skin over regular grass means for typical people using grass in typical garden/field situations. That could be someone’s person preference but that it’s not typical, it’s unexpected.

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  • zonnewin@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Just open source it and leave it to the Linux community.

    I understand not wanting to support something you don’t use yourself.

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    • michaelmrose@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      He chooses to do direct support over discord vs making people make github issues and wants to whine that this is taxing

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• michaelmrose@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m passing judgement. He’s a weirdo

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