Re:SymbOS: Graphical Z80 Multitasking Operating System
by userbinator on Friday January 05, 2018 @03:48PM
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status in the demo scene
...and since the demoscene is closely associated with the cracking/warez scene, the implicit message is always "if you want to know how it works, get a disassembler and figure it out yourself."
Re:SymbOS: Graphical Z80 Multitasking Operating System
by ddingus on Friday January 05, 2018 @08:12PM
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This
Re:SymbOS: Graphical Z80 Multitasking Operating System
by stuaxo on Friday January 05, 2018 @04:23PM
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Agree with all this. Lots of demogroups have started releasing open source these days, which is heartening. There's definitely a feeling that the scene is getting older, so possibly passing on knowledge may be a motivator.
Don't be so patronizing. Of course they understand it, but what they want is something different from what you want: status in the demo scene. If they open source it they're likely to end up as a footnote in their own projects rather than basking on difficult-to-scale peaks among their peers.
It's not like open-sourcing it is going to enrich them in some more concrete fashion than social currency; in fact, authors of very popular open-source projects regularly find themselves in the humiliating position of having to beg for money.