But doesn’t shareware refer to software that is distributed freely, playable (maybe with limitations on how far you can play into the game, or how long you can play it for free) but it’s generally a proprietary game that is distributed through this model? I may not have a perfect grasp on the precise meaning of shareware.

I see chess more like abandonware - if someone developed a proto-chess game and didn’t assert their ownership over the IP (recognising that this happened before copyright and IP were understood concepts), doesn’t that make it effectively free to play, noting you of course need a board to play?

Maybe an ancient and highly modded board game doesn’t translate that well to a software/copyright analogy. Also you lost me on your comparison between Mario Party (I think you mean only one person needs to own the game) and the first levels of Doom (which are more like a demo). I don’t see either of these as shareware, though I guess a freely playable demo is a form of shareware with my understanding of the term above!

What do you mean?

It stopped being Great after Brexit

Celtic would be better. Gaelic literally means coming from the Gaels, aka the Irish. Welsh and Cornish are Brythonic language speakers, not Goidelic/Gaelic, but they are all Celtic languages. The Angles, Saxons, Frisians and Jutes invaded Celtic Britain starting in the 400s.

I prefer Perfidious Albion

It’s becoming that way, but it’s still definitely closer to British English.

Purer ≠ cooler

Fucking American class culture and anyone who’s not an ignorant idiot is “a nerd”. Get fucked, The World

And fear overpowers intelligence yet again.

*knows

Occupational hazard. Doesn’t mean said engineer isn’t owed compensation though. On the contrary.

Chess is a really good game too

A better quote

It was clear from context what was meant, i.e. torrenting copyrighted content. Let’s not be disingenuous about this.

Uranium powered fission technology, not all nuclear. Look into Thorium

Thanks Pipey

Just a slightly higher barrier to entry really filters out the low-quality ignorant/belligerent/unconstructive posters, don’t you think? The relative absence of useless posts made either by bots or unhelpful users is refreshing too. It’s not perfect but it’s a huge step in the right direction.

It’s a VERY WEIRD place for a fire!