Opus Magnum is quite tasty and visually pleasing. Looking forward to the DLC!

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US intellectual property law, and especially copyright law, have been quite difficult to apply toward software issues. The changing technological landscape and the short shelf life of code means that many of the protections built into the law don't seem to apply.

There also isn't a presumptive abandonment provision with a sensible duration to it, such as twenty years. There also isn't a provision like adverse possession in property law, where you lose the rights if someone openly uses your work but you don't enforce your rights.

And, lastly, the legal costs for enforcing or defending intellectual property cases is huge. There is no equivalent of "small claims court" that could provide an adjudication on the rights.

So much of US law has its roots in English civil law, especially property law, and its hoary fingers continue to grip legal precedent. Huge swaths of intellectual property law need to be revised, but as you can imagine, not only do experts disagree what that should look like, but moneyed interests prefer that things stay the same.

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Quoting: Liam DaweRoguelikes will release until morale improves 😝

Rocks fall, everybody dies. :)

Totally agree with you, Liam. Well said.

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"Ooh, look! There's a big pile of money over there, and we're not getting any of it!" --NYAG

By forcing loot boxes into a "gambling" definition, it triggers licensing and taxation requirements that generate state revenue. Raffles are taxed at, say, 3.5% of gross receipts, which would be a nice little earner for the state. Multiply that by the number of states that allow gambling, and that's a lot of hands reaching into Valve's revenue stream. Valve has every reason to fight this silly cash grab.

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Quoting: ChrisznixOh man, Next Fest... aint nobody got time for that.
Every evening, when its finally getting quieter, i look at all my games already, cannot decide what to play next and... go for a round of brotato and go to bed. Sigh.

"We don't want you to _play_ our game. We just want you to _buy_ it!" --Every marketing department, EVAR

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Quoting: williamjcmFlatpak *can* be used from the terminal, though. GUI frontends are completely optional.

Yep, know all about it. I run MobileSheets Companion as a flatpak because the author only offers it that way. I prefer installing "raw" on my system but will use flatpak too. Ain't no thang.

I prefer the terminal because I like it there. I don't have any objections to folks who use GUI launchers. Just because I like apples doesn't mean you can't like oranges. :)

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Quoting: syylk

we offer multiple privacy-forward options through trusted partners.

The point is you trust those partners, but we don't - especially considering the past data breaches.

It's the same compelling argument for using protection in a personal encounter. You may trust your casual partner, but do you also trust the partners who were there before you?

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Quoting: williamjcmI hope it'll get released as a Flatpak, because I don't like installing stuff through the AUR or pip.

I much prefer terminal because I can see what's going on, flatpak only when no other options are available. But I already know I'm not mainstream, just glad there are the different options for everyone.

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Fixed regression causing achievement images to not show.

Sometimes regressions are head-scratchers. What was touched that had the side effect of zapping, of all things, achievement images? I'm not interested enough to dig through Github to find an answer but boy howdy. Code is crazy yo.

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"The Senator has been made aware of the issue, and he believes it will have to be studied and weighed, and weighed and studied, before coming to any decisions."

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