<story><title>Be an Open Source Absolutist</title><url>https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1711737838889242880</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>kromem</author><text>Nearly every comment is missing his take given the title here.&lt;p&gt;He&amp;#x27;s not saying &lt;i&gt;everything&lt;/i&gt; should be open source.&lt;p&gt;He&amp;#x27;s saying that the right to have an open source version of anything is what we should be absolutists about.&lt;p&gt;So not that every OS, or encryption, or AI model should be open - but that people should fight and stand up for the right to have access to open OSes, encryption, or AI models if produced.&lt;p&gt;Windows can exist, but shouldn&amp;#x27;t be able to prevent Linux from existing basically.&lt;p&gt;That&amp;#x27;s the absolutism. He hasn&amp;#x27;t suddenly turned into Stallman.</text></comment>
<story><title>Be an Open Source Absolutist</title><url>https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1711737838889242880</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>gentleman11</author><text>Speaking of which, doom being released as free software has led, indirectly, to this being nanoWADmo, national wad creating month, where people make doom maps. The community is thriving all these years later, you should see modern doom mega wads by people like skillsaw. There are hundreds of these projects</text></comment>