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@Dreikin MIT != public domain
Even WTFPL != public domain
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@wft said in Windows store for win32 apps:
@Dreikin MIT != public domain
Even WTFPL != public domain
That is true. It's also irrelevant to my point. Plagiarism, under US law, is legal as long as it doesn't foul afoul of other IP laws.
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@boomzilla said in Windows store for win32 apps:
This has forever been a major Windows problem.
Has it? Nearly every Windows program I use that gets updated regularly manages updates just fine TYVM, either through a third-party system (Steam, GOG, etc) or by pinging the server when it starts up and notifying you if there's an update. If so, one or two clicks is generally enough to get it to update itself automatically.
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@masonwheeler said in Windows store for win32 apps:
Has it?
Yes.
@masonwheeler said in Windows store for win32 apps:
Nearly every Windows program I use that gets updated regularly manages updates just fine TYVM, either through a third-party system (Steam, GOG, etc) or by pinging the server when it starts up and notifying you if there's an update. If so, one or two clicks is generally enough to get it to update itself automatically.
Games got fed up with Microsoft's bullshit and made their own package managers. Java and Adobe are legendary for shitty update watcher addons. Still, it would be better if there were a standard way to hook into the OS' update mechanism. Well, it might be if the mechanism wasn't Windows Updates.
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@masonwheeler said in Windows store for win32 apps:
@boomzilla said in Windows store for win32 apps:
This has forever been a major Windows problem.
Has it? Nearly every Windows program I use that gets updated regularly manages updates just fine TYVM
That's because it has only recently started becoming less of a major problem. And TBH, "ping the server on app startup" isn't really a great solution, because rarely used apps become rarely updated apps. Not to mention the fun at system startup when a dozen different apps all want to check for updates (this too is becoming less of a problem as people implement various flavours of delays, though TRWTF is the number of things that think they need to run at system startup).