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posted by mceric, Germany, 05.07.2021, 16:27

> > In particular when you have only a tiny subset of the features of
> > Windows and refuse to add even standard things such as segments,
> > threads or networking.
> That "tiny subset" allows a complete toolchain
> and editor to run, enabling you to reconstruct
> the entire world at your leisure.
Now you only need people who like to use their
leisure time to build a world without using internet.

> > Not everything is as "insidious" as GPL. There also is LGPL and
> > MIT, BSD, CC and other licenses are actually quite relaxed.
> All of them designed to prevent the public from
> owning that functionality.
Has "the public" complained about that, apart from you?

> And always open to the copyright holders deciding
> that their interpretation of their license on their
> copyrighted code requires more mentions, e.g. daily
> popups. A judge will decide on that. Microsoft can
> probably afford enough lawyers to win. Not everyone
> can. Wouldn't touch any of them with a 10 foot pole.
Maybe you should start to actually read the BSD, MIT
or CC license. It would take less than 27 years, but
maybe you are too busy preaching and being paranoid.

> I don't really care what "most users care".
That is obvious. You will have noticed some experts
have lost interestin this thread because of this.

> I really don't care what random Russians do.
Why should we care what random PD programmers do?

> What I care about is American (and other countries)
> companies who refuse to touch anything with a
> copyright notice, and develop their product from
> scratch instead. And pass that development cost
> on to the consumer. Everyone loses.
So apparently Microsoft and Apple are not American
companies. They include open source to reduce cost.

> I have my own copyright-free product, and certain
> people in the world know the value of that
Given that less than 100 people care, who cares?

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