[H-GEN] Re: [H-CHAT] Linux games are still proprietory

[Trent WADDINGTON]

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On Thu, 3 Apr 2003, barry day wrote:

> The open source movement is about the free flow of information. A game
> is a form of enterainment and an entertainer is entitled to be paid just
> like any other worker. 2 totally separate issues.

Ok, so if you were at a LAN party and couldn't share your purchased copy
of a game with the other people there you wouldn't get upset?  Ok, second
question: if a game was open source but contained the same sort of
protection, would you not be tempted to hack the source code to get rid of
that restriction?

I don't agree with your above statement BTW, but I'm not trying to convert
you, I'm just interested in other people's opinions.

Trent



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