Take-Two has patented new locomotive technology in order to ensure Grand Theft Auto 6 has "highly dynamic and realistic…
    • GreenMario@lemm.eeEnglish
      34·
      2 years ago

      We will get like two games out of this before the patent expires cuz Rockstar takes 3 console gens to make 2 games.

          • SuddenlyBlowGreen@lemmy.worldEnglish
            51·
            2 years ago

            Yeah, imagine if there was an area of software development where people could freely view, copy and modify each others works.

              • SuddenlyBlowGreen@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                2 years ago

                When working on an OS project you are doing it out of altruism and/or fun, fully realising that you will never be compensated for this work.

                That would imply there are no devs or even entire companies working on open source software and getting paid.

                Just because you work on open source, doesn’t mean you don’t get paid.

      • dustyData@lemmy.worldEnglish
        51·
        2 years ago

        Dude, maybe you do work on patents and know your shit. But boy are you clueless about the video game industry.

        • ilickfrogs@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          I thought the man was joking then I saw his smooth brained response below. Software patents are cancer and shouldn’t exist.

          • dustyData@lemmy.worldEnglish
            61·
            2 years ago

            You think that patent abuse is right, and that’s why everyone in this thread hates your comments. You think the system is fine. The fact that you are inside but can’t understand how corporations abuse the system and think others are wrong or misinformed when they oppose this abuse, is troubling. You think we are ignorant or misinformed, but no, we do know how intellectual property works. We disagree and find it disgusting for moral reasons that it works that way. That’s very different.

              • dustyData@lemmy.worldEnglish
                21·
                2 years ago

                Patents genuinely are wonderful. The rockstar devs are going to be rewarded for their innovation. They will hire out licenses so that other games can use the tech they developed.

                Comment by you, about 5 hours ago.

                they are trying to out Marxist each other

                Fuck off corpo.