wraggster
February 5th, 2014, 00:03
Rock, Paper, Shotgun writer John Walker shook a hornet's nest by suggesting old videogames should enter the public domain (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/01/29/gogs-time-machine-sale-lets-you-control-time-itself/) during GOG's Time Machine sale. George Broussard of Duke Nukem fame took to Twitter, saying the author should be fired (https://twitter.com/georgeb3dr/statuses/428565882608967680). In response to these comments RPS commissioned an editorial (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/02/03/editorial-why-games-should-enter-the-public-domain) arguing why games and other media should enter the public domain much more rapidly than at present. 'I would no more steal a car than I would tolerate a company telling me that they had the exclusive rights to the idea of cars themselves.' says Walker, paraphrasing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmZm8vNHBSU (video). 'However, there are things I'm very happy to "steal," like knowledge, inspiration, or good ideas...It was until incredibly recently that amongst such things as knowledge, inspiration and good ideas were the likes of literature and music.'"
http://games.slashdot.org/story/14/02/04/1559230/why-games-should-be-in-the-public-domain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmZm8vNHBSU (video). 'However, there are things I'm very happy to "steal," like knowledge, inspiration, or good ideas...It was until incredibly recently that amongst such things as knowledge, inspiration and good ideas were the likes of literature and music.'"
http://games.slashdot.org/story/14/02/04/1559230/why-games-should-be-in-the-public-domain