Pro@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days agoDuckstation(one of the most popular PS1 Emulators) dev plans on eventually dropping Linux support due to Linux users, especially Arch Linux users.reddthat.comexternal-linkmessage-square421fedilinkarrow-up1752arrow-down135file-text
arrow-up1717arrow-down1external-linkDuckstation(one of the most popular PS1 Emulators) dev plans on eventually dropping Linux support due to Linux users, especially Arch Linux users.reddthat.comPro@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square421fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDefederateLemmyMl@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·22 days agoWhy should he get a say on how someone else installs the software on their own systems? If I want to build an arch package instead, what business is that of his?
minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·22 days agoIt’s open source, the package the developer chooses to distribute doesn’t affect your ability to create whatever kind of package for your own system you want.
minus-squareDefederateLemmyMl@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·22 days agoExcept this developer has created license terms that forbids the creation of “packages”, so he clearly does want to affect my ability to do just that.
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Why should he get a say on how someone else installs the software on their own systems?
If I want to build an arch package instead, what business is that of his?
It’s open source, the package the developer chooses to distribute doesn’t affect your ability to create whatever kind of package for your own system you want.
Except this developer has created license terms that forbids the creation of “packages”, so he clearly does want to affect my ability to do just that.
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