Originally Posted by Morphine_OD
@malex
Actually free is something you don't have to pay for. OpenGL is free and is used in a lot of not free applications. Same thing is here - free knowledge is used to develop a commercial product.
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If they want to charge users for the hardware they are selling, then by all means, but FREE code requires that changes to it are shared back to the community, and THAT is the issue. When they release the source, or rather the changes made to the original source, then we will have nothing to despise them for.
...it protects it's investments from hackers via DRM measures...
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... really?... F*CKING REALLY?! how in God's name can somebody say such a things? Please tell me that was a "brainfart". Look if sony want to fill the ps3 with DRM (before I purchase it, not after which was my problem with them) I would have no real issue, they have every damn right to protect the ps3, but TB has no such right. If I don't like DRM that comes from sony, do you honestly think that I'll be ok from DRM that comes from some shady thieves?
Really this one excerpt from your post shows the level of ignorance and tolerance for hypocrisy that some of you are capable off. I never knew just how much utter FAIL a combination of 7 words could amass, congrats for that.
...You get what you pay for, no strings attached...
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No strings attached? that is your opinion. From where I'm standing there's a lot of strings, and you my good sir look like a puppet.
In Russia we have a brilliant proverb for that: "A dog barks - a caravan goes". So keep on flaming, I'm sure it adds more sales to TB. After all that's how I knew about it in the first place - from one of the flaming articles here.
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And in the US we have a saying "whatever" yes, not as eloquent, but usually get's the point across.
Now if you'll excuse me I must take a shower... I do respect your all of your arguments (although I think you're wrong), but that DRM defense bit is just about the most disgusting thing I've read.