[Freeciv] Re: ok I'll try it

[Tomasz Wegrzanowski <maniek@xxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 04:31:29PM -0700, Brandon Van Every wrote:
> > > Sheesh, I bought Civ II: TOT for $20 at full retail!
> >
> > You don't expect me to play that game, do you?
> 
> All I expect is that you make your own game, not steal someone else's
> game.

They don't owe it.
Even IP law doesn't name infringement a theft.
This was all IP propaganda.

> > It doesn't even run on the computers I have available.
> 
> And as a software developer, I expect you to stop thinking that the
> world owes you cross-platform compatibility.

So, let them attach sources to binary, and I could port it
(distribution could take place in form of patches, without breaking their "IP").

> It's not a justification
> for theft.

Again:
Even IP law doesn't name infringement a theft.
This was all IP propaganda.

> It *is* a motivation for buying from a competitor or doing
> your own project.

Are you talking about competitor's software or hardware ?

> For instance: why didn't you just throw all your
> energy into XConq once upon a time?  It's been around quite awhile, I
> think I first played it in 1993.