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Re:“I wish I could have licensed the Id source code releases... by PoignardAzur on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @09:11PM (#27756273)
> (I don't flag comments often but this is a prime example. Hugely frustrated, dismissive, with a bit snarky tone. The comment would be hugely improved by simply skipping the last paragraph. The outcome? A bunch of up and down votes in all the comments below in typical flame war fashion)

Fair enough, I guess.

I do think my last line had merit. I'm pointing a pattern I'm seeing: people dismissing Carmack's object-level argument without arguing on the object level themselves, because they deem that the general ideology of GPL makes Carmack's object-level claims irrelevant.

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