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  • AGPL? Google has a ban on all AGPL software. Sounds like if you write AGPL software, corporations won’t steal it.

    Code licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL) MUST NOT be used at Google.

    The license places restrictions on software used over a network which are extremely difficult for Google to comply with. Using AGPL software requires that anything it links to must also be licensed under the AGPL. Even if you think you aren’t linking to anything important, it still presents a huge risk to Google because of how integrated much of our code is. The risks heavily outweigh the benefits.

    Any FLOSS license that makes a corporation shit its pants like this is good enough to start from IMO.

    https://opensource.google/documentation/reference/using/agpl-policy





  • skulbuny@sh.itjust.workstoGames@lemmy.worldKotaku being Kotaku
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    9 days ago

    People need to wake up to the fact that these movies are ads to sell shit. This is an ad to sell Minecraft to a new generation in of kids. Why in the world do you think they keep rebooting movies that’s made for kids like Star Wars and Transformers? Because they sell toys to kids.

    So, why Minecraft movie? You admit the stats yourself: they need a new generation of kids to like Minecraft to sell Minecraft branded shit. They don’t even have to play the fuckin game as long as they’re paying for cheap branded clothing and plastic and skins for kids to show off to their friends what brand represents their personality the best.



  • I’m not sure how you can look at hundreds of years of IP laws getting btfo by pirates and say the ship is sinking 😂

    I’m sorry, but until you can somehow answer the question of “how to make people avoiding laws impossible?” without causing a revolution, there will be laws avoided by people

    No laws have ever stopped people from getting what they want. Games will be made by those who hate IP laws and be played by those who seek it. Will that scene be a trillion dollar industry backed by governments and international corporations like the AAA scene is today? Probably not. Will a punk indie scene exist? Of course.

    Every popular entertainment medium that has a giant industry will see these same results as well. Movies, books, music, etc. As long as the medium is popular, it will persist outside of IP laws.