Re: Odp: Re: just some thoughts
On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 06:42:50AM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> Zbigniew writes:
> > There's a lot of free games attached to childrens' magazines. Most of
> > them are only for Windows, there is no way to play them on linux.
>
> If they are gratis, why do they need to be closed-source?
Maybe it's just traditional on Windows. Maybe somebody decided
that children don't know what to do with source code. Maybe someone
wants to keep the source code to himself so that he can make umpteen
free games to attach to childrens' magazines and charge the magazine a
fee for each one.
-- hendrik
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