The point I disagree with is this:
Why would we not talk about this? We, the users really should talk about what we, the users want from our platform and to most of us, this is incredibly exciting news. If a publisher wants to come out and release open source games that's great, but they have to target what gamers want for it to be successful, and this is where many projects just have fallen short. To alot of people, open source means jack if the game isn't fun or hasn't passed the amateur-pet-project phase. My basic point comes down to: We're going to talk about what we want and the Valve stuff _truly_ is exciting.
Stallman seems to have ignored the fact that Valve is contributing to (in its own ways, of course) open source driver development and optimization. They're in Linux not JUST to release games. They've already committed at very least USD $1M toward their Linux efforts and the response they have from the community is nothing short of fantastic. No matter how you look at it, this is great PR for them and I doubt anyone here wishes anything but success in their efforts.
If you want to promote freedom, please take care not to talk about the availability of these games on GNU/Linux as support for our cause.
Stallman seems to have ignored the fact that Valve is contributing to (in its own ways, of course) open source driver development and optimization. They're in Linux not JUST to release games. They've already committed at very least USD $1M toward their Linux efforts and the response they have from the community is nothing short of fantastic. No matter how you look at it, this is great PR for them and I doubt anyone here wishes anything but success in their efforts.
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