Am I out of touch? No, it’s Valve who is wrong.

Production hasn’t stopped, it has merely been paused forever.

Tim should just start his own store where he can set the rules and let the market decide whether or not they like the disclosures.

If he’s right, his store would be a dominant force, and … what’s that? He’s been trying that for the better part of a decade and nobody buys anything there?

becoming actually usable on Linux

The open source community has done a good job hammering home the distinction between “free like speech” and “free like beer.”

This article needs to better differentiate between “usable technically” and “usable morally.”

I’m no lawyer, so I’m sure some corporate goon (on either side) will find loopholes to do whatever they want, but the idea is to ban mobile-style F2P games where you show ads alongside gameplay or “watch ads to refill your play meter” as your only revenue stream. Some other kinds of in-game advertising are still allowed. Unfortunately.