git [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to Games@hexbear.netEnglish · 14 days agoMicrosoft Fire idTech Team at id Softwaregamefromscratch.comexternal-linkmessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down10cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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minus-squareeternauta [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·14 days agoCarmack seems to be a libertarian creep, but he was committed to open sourcing each version of the engine. That ended when MS got involved.
minus-squareKeld [he/him, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·14 days agoIt ended a decade before they got involved. Their first non open source engines was released in 2011, they got microslopped in 2021
minus-squareFourteenEyes [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·14 days agoHis politics suck ass for sure but he is a legendary programmer for a reason
Carmack seems to be a libertarian creep, but he was committed to open sourcing each version of the engine. That ended when MS got involved.
It ended a decade before they got involved. Their first non open source engines was released in 2011, they got microslopped in 2021
His politics suck ass for sure but he is a legendary programmer for a reason