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Why can’t I view GitHub on mobile without having to sign in to the app. I don’t want to sign in to the app; I don’t remember my password; I can’t be bothered to authenticate. Bad UX.
I don't have an app (why would I want an app? I can't imagine pushing changes from my phone), it let me on just fine.
Googling Flight Simulator: > First release: Microsoft Flight Simulator; November 1982; 40 years ago That's wild. I can't believe it's that old.
1982? Was that version already 3D? That's earlier than I thought.
subLogic flight simulator is even older (first Apple II version in 1979) https://youtu.be/uvvfJ60gIf0 Microsoft licensed it to make MS FS.
Someone showed me (subLogic) Flight Simulator II, on a C-64 I think before I had a computer. I finally got a used IBM PC as my first computer (4.77 MHz 8088, CGA graphics, 20 MB hard drive) and MS FS version 3 and played the hell out of it, despite how badly it ran. When I installed it at my mom’s work on a 386 with VGA it was like a whole new game.
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Played it on my 1982 zx spectrum 32k!
You may be thinking of Psion's Flight Simulation game [0] on the ZX Spectrum 48K [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_Simulation_(Psion_softw...
I can't believe there was a version that run on the 16K ZX81 as well!
Googling Flight Simulator: > First release: Microsoft Flight Simulator; November 1982; 40 years ago That's wild. I can't believe it's that old.
1982? Was that version already 3D? That's earlier than I thought.
Strange that Microsoft used OP's project in their game, but didn't bother to let him know.
I agree - even if they're legally allowed to just take his work, it would've been nice to let OP know.
Andrew Tanenbaum on choosing MIT for the MINIX project, which was used by Intel + the IC as a base for the Intel Management Engine (emphasis mine):
"The only thing that would have been nice is that after the project had been finished and the chip deployed, that someone from Intel would have told me, just as a courtesy, that MINIX was now probably the most widely used operating system in the world on x86 computers. That certainly wasn't required in any way, but I think it would have been polite to give me a heads up, that's all."
If you'd like to avoid a large company profiting off your work without attribution, don't use MIT.
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Played it on my 1982 zx spectrum 32k!
You may be thinking of Psion's Flight Simulation game [0] on the ZX Spectrum 48K [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_Simulation_(Psion_softw...
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You may be thinking of Psion's Flight Simulation game [0] on the ZX Spectrum 48K [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_Simulation_(Psion_softw...
I played it on the 48K. I can't believe there was a version that run on the 16K ZX81 as well!
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I agree - even if they're legally allowed to just take his work, it would've been nice to let OP know.
No credit is owed, no thanks are due. This is an unavoidable effect of usuing the MIT license over something like GPL. Andrew Tanenbaum on choosing MIT for the MINIX project, which was used by Intel + the IC as a base for the Intel Management Engine (emphasis mine): "The only thing that would have been nice is that after the project had been finished and the chip deployed, that someone from Intel would have told me,…
It may not be owed/due, but common decency suggests you give a heads up.
In Intel's case I'm guessing there was a contending motive in that they preferred not to draw attention to it.
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It’s MIT licensed. They don’t need to ask. They need to add his name to credits and/or send an email about what they did. It’s basic courtesy (plus MIT license, if you prefer).
You need to use 3 or 4 clause BSD not MIT if you want to get in credits.