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Re:Show HN: Open-source Counter-Strike-like game by airstrike on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @02:41PM (#41917341)
> So I can take it and use your name that is surely somewhere in the code and fill it with swastikas and hate speech and say that this represents your views?

That has nothing to do with the game being free. If you dedicate source code to public domain and someone slaps swastikas on it, it doesn't represent OP's views all of a sudden

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Re:Show HN: Open-source Counter-Strike-like game by sqeaky on Wednesday October 23, 2024 @12:35AM (#41921862)
It was hyperbole, exaggeration for inflated effect, unlikely but within the realm of technically poossible.

More likely people just won't use it without a license.

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