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1. MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn)'s status on Monday, 29-Feb-2016 04:27:59 EST MMN-o ✅⃠

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   • maiyannah
   @maiyannah I don't "get" any of the usual arguments whatsoever regarding #gamergate stuff. Why don't the people who oppose the restrictive gender-based roles just demand the release of source code under a libre license? Then we can all help to fix the bugs once and for all. But in general feminists I encounter (just like the rest of the population, of course) tend to s…
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   • MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn)'s status on Monday, 29-Feb-2016 06:15:04 EST MMN-o ✅⃠

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     • maiyannah
     @maiyannah Using and promoting !foss is as valuable a contribution as developing it most of the time. Especially when it means that developers get motivated to continue - and doesn't have to do extra/boring stuff like all the surrounding documentation, PR, ideas, bug testing, etc. etc! :)
     
     And that whole "how to make money on foss" stuff is something I'll just leave alone.
   • MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn)'s status on Monday, 29-Feb-2016 06:26:53 EST MMN-o ✅⃠

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     • orphean
     @orphean You mean when they dump old, outdated technology on people and get praises from the FOSS community? :P
     Don't get me wrong, I love the fact that they help the archival efforts (but while games/engines are released freely, artwork isn't...)... But it's not the same as cooperating on active, living projects.
     
     Unless ID have released libre stuff for their current projects that I don't know about.