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I think DXVK should switch licenses (self.linux)
submitted 2 years ago by anthoniix to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Seeing the news of Apple using DXVK for the their new toolkit rubbed me the wrong way. I don't think it's right that corporations can just use your tools and give nothing back.

Given this, I think it'd be a good idea for DXVK to switch to MPL. I think hard copyleft would probably kill the project, but file based is a pretty good compromise in my opinion.

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[–] julianh@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As much as I hate apple, I think anything to dampen Microsoft's monopoly on gaming is a good thing. And although it sucks that apple isn't giving anything back, I think in the end this is a good thing. If a game runs on osx through the toolkit, chances are it'll work on Linux through proton.

[–] anthoniix 1 points 2 years ago

Wine is under LGPL, a similar license. So yes, I think so.