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If they profit in a way that gives back to everyone else, that's pretty good as I see it. Even RMS wouldn't be against this idea (though he'd hate the proprietary binaries of games ofc).


RMS is also not against the idea of selling software for profit and not giving back to everyone else. All that he cares about related to this is:

* The sale includes access to the source code

* The access to the source code includes the right to redistribute it, or modified versions.

If the people who pay for software choose not to redistribute it, it would not benefit everyone else.


Technically Epic does too, but consumers still hate them.


Consumers hate epic cos Tim is a liar and pretends to care about gamers and developers. In reality he’s jealous of gabe.


Case and point.




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