people on doomworld have some incredibly hot takes like "well doom wasn't really open source because they didn't release the dos or windows source code". sorry what the fuck are you talking about?? it's the same game. the open source release was for linux and then people ported it back to dos and windows. the game was the same all the way through. what is going on here
there's like a compulsion to defend bethesda's hoarding of its source code and i do not know what people are afraid of. what's going to happen? someone might play doom for free? oh, no! there might be pressure to release the source code for more games?? what a disaster!
everyone on doomworld would disintegrate if exposed to my full source code opinions (mandatory release 5 years after release for any company with at least 15 employees, and also you have to file a copy with the library of congress in case you go out of business, and also this applies to server software)
Id is a beloved company so why wouldn't you defend the company that bought the company that bought the company that bought it. You've gotta have brand loyalty
i love john romero so i feel a lot of Brand Loyalty towards the corporation that owns the hollow corpse of the company he founded, and also which told him to stop posting old stuff to doomworld so they could sell it instead