Re: [Trisquel-users] Stallman trying to derail Linux adoption once again

[kendell clark]

I completely agree here. Equating games with ordinary software  programs 
is like comparing apples to oranges. When I turn on my wii to play a 
game, I have no thought whatsoever, whether the game I'm playing uses 
free software, I know well it does not, nor do I worry about the 
firmware inside of the wii. The only think I'm concerned with is jumping 
over that pit before I fall in the lava. And avoiding enemies, etc etc. 
On 08/01/2012 11:44 AM, tegskywal...@hotmail.com wrote:
You are teetering into the grey areas on the role of software in 
entertainment. If this was a movie or song that you consume to get the 
experience, you have no problem with protecting the rights of the artist.

Now you take this interactive experience and instead of simply 
watching it, you have interaction and it has a software element to it. 
Now you feel that this needs to be in the same category as Python 
debug tools when it really isn't. Like the previously mentioned movie 
or music, it is meant to be consumed and not a tool to create software.

If I were to develop software with Python, do you think that I would 
want the source code to the language itself and compilers if needed? 
Absolutely. If I am about to enjoy a 50 hour gaming experience, do I 
really need to look at the source code files as a consumer? No, I 
would be more interested in the interactive experience.

On a final note, most of the software created under a free software 
compatible license is totally crap and amateur and usually based off 
of a 10 year old engine like Quake 3. That is because creating games 
needs a budget and it costs real money (like a movie) to create a top 
notch game. Putting aside donations and Kickstarter campaigns, you 
don't create a Zelda or Bioshock level game as a community project.

You know why? Because a developer has to feed his wife and kids and 
developing a game at Valve or EA instead of a disjointed community 
project does not. How is he going to market the thing? Richard 
Stallman is a running joke with most people and his rants get ignored 
when he starts attacking game companies. Heck, read these Ars Technia 
comments to get people's views on RMS. These are real people and not 
FSF cultists.