![]() ![]() This creator already has their own ideas, their own opinions, and their own way of doing things.Įvery so often, you have an individual come along who has their own ideas and opinions, and they are so fixed on the concept that their way is the right way, they end up having a complete disregard for the creator, and the community behind that creation, if one exists. ![]() The creator of Open Source content is looking to give you something for free, and quite often allows you to take it and do whatever you want with it the most beneficial part of which is the ability to study, modify, and play with it. You’ve probably heard the expression, “ Free as in beer, not free as in speech”, but maybe don’t quite understand the implications of that. When a person decides to release their creations with an Open Source license, their desire is most often always to share it with the public in many ways, including allowing everyone to use and/or modify it for free. I believe there is a misconception surrounding the phrase “Open Source”, that many people bang against and wonder why they’re met with such hostility. Unfortunately, you can’t control this kind of thing, but in the past I have attempted to guide these people along the right path, albeit unsuccessfully most of the time. Quite often, I will have someone looking to contribute to the project who is so convinced that their point of view is so important that it only ever ends badly. As the developer of the Open Source first-person-shooter project, Red Eclipse, I have come across many different types of personalities some are good, some are bad. ![]()
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