Factorio Interview: Michal Kovařík (Kovarex) - Czech with English Subtitles
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An interview (Czech with English subtitles) with Kovarex, the founder of Wube software and the mind behind Factorio videogame. Factorio 2.0 free upgrade will...

cross-posted from: https://biglemmowski.win/post/2418820

For me, the most interesting point was the short mention of open sourcing Factorio (around 2:40). Kovarex seems to be very much open to the idea, he mentions that (as an approximation) maybe two years after the DLC after things calm down …

(Hope this is not much of a titlegore)

  • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I disagree with a few points of that article.

    Another misunderstanding of “open source” is the idea that it means “not using the GNU GPL.” This tends to accompany another misunderstanding that “free software” means “GPL-covered software.” These are both mistaken, since the GNU GPL qualifies as an open source license and most of the open source licenses qualify as free software licenses. There are many free software licenses aside from the GNU GPL.

    You do too by using the term FOSS instead of FLOSS,

    The terms “FLOSS” and “FOSS” are used to be neutral between free software and open source. If neutrality is your goal, “FLOSS” is the better of the two, since it really is neutral. But if you want to stand up for freedom, using a neutral term isn’t the way. Standing up for freedom entails showing people your support for freedom.

    The FSF and OSI agree on many of the licenses they approve as being free/open. If you can tell me of any notable differences that aren’t a matter of one of them not commenting on a particular license yet then I’d be open to change my opinion on it.

    Regardless, even if you believe the OSD and FSF’s definition of libre software differ, merely having the source available is not enough to meet what the OSD defines as open source. Which is what this conversation was originally about.

    • jsomae@lemmy.ml
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      2 months ago

      The conversation was not originally about OSD; I had just mentioned it.

      You do too by using the term FOSS instead of FLOSS

      Touchée. But FLOSS the term only emphasises even more: there’s open source software, and then there’s free/libre open source software – note the distinction.