Thread:TriforceOfKirby/@comment-14486980-20140107234539/@comment-20371365-20140108184102

I have to agree with Ramstrong and Randommouse, this is a very bad idea and goes against the whole open-source and free environment of Petit Computer. Why shouldn't people make their own version of a game even if it already exists? Maybe they can take the original version and make it better, or give it a different spin.

Making this rule active will decrease the amount of games and programs being posted and lead to unnecessary and silly arguments and fights which is something this wiki really doesn't need any more of. And will this rule extend to all those OS programs that everyone was making (but never seemed to finish)? Because after all, if we've got one windows imitator program why do we need another 12? Are the existing ones going to be deleted?

One of the things I've had in the works for a while is an ASCII-based Robotron style game so are you now saying I wouldn't be able to post it here just because Ansitron is already out? Does it matter that my game plays in a different way and has been programmed differently from Ansitron? I guess if this rule does come in to play then I wont be putting it on the wiki and none of you will get to play what I believe in my own opinion to be a really fun game.

People need  to remember that competition is a good thing, if someone makes a game like yours, you can learn from it and use that to make your own game better, and choice is never a bad thing: If there really were 3 different Minecraft games on Petit Computer, then so what? People would be able to choose which one they thought was best and that's fine, some people might like one version and other people might prefer a different one.

Any attempt to suppress an open source environment is only going to end in failure. Please do not put this rule in to place.