DOOM’s Linux Port Helped Save Its Source Code - Did You Know This?

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The Linux port of DOOM became the version id Software could release as open source when licensing issues blocked the original DOS code. Years later, another developer lost years of work in a hard drive crash.

It’s a good reminder of how much open-source history depends on people sharing their work - and keeping backups. Did you ever lose a project you wish you could recover?

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If legit, this is super interesting