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  • Frankly, I’m more concerned about the precedent this sets for the GPL.

    If Red Hat can do this, then there’s nothing (legally) preventing every other megacorp from ending public contributions to Linux and other GPL projects, forking them, and releasing them under restrictive contractual terms.

    Granted, not everyone would take their code private. Microsoft and Apple make some contributions to BSD/MIT/etc. licensed software even though they are not required to. However, I think we’d miss out on quite a lot of FOSS development.





  • The Switch is turning Nintendo franchises into sales machines.

    The top selling Zelda games are Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. Nothing else comes close. The Link’s Awakening remake and Skyward Sword remaster also outsold the originals.

    Animal Crossing New Horizons outsold the rest of the series by a factor of 3.

    Luigi’s Mansion 3 sold more copies than the previous two combined.

    Metroid Dread is the best-selling Metroid game of all-time.

    Kirby and the Forgotten Land is the best-selling Kirby game, and Kirby Star Allies is #3.

    Fire Emblem Three Houses is the best-selling Fire Emblem game.

    It’s not unreasonable to think that Pikmin 4 could be a breakout for the franchise.


  • This far exceeded my expectations:

    • Super Mario Bros. Wonder looks like it could be the best 2D Mario in 25+ years
    • The “remake of an SNES classic” rumor turned out to be Super Mario RPG and not Chrono Trigger
    • Another new WarioWare on Switch was a surprise
    • Pikmin 4 looks solid
    • Pikmin 1 and 2 ports are out

    But the bad news:

    • Pikmin 1/2 more-or-less confirms my suspicion that Nintendo is going to sell emulated or remade GameCube games instead of adding them to Switch Online
    • No Tears of the Kingdom DLC yet
    • No Metroid Prime 4 updates