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Ralith on July 17, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Steam'd Penguins

They've been hired to work on their respective libraries and publish the code openly? What's Valve getting out of that?

baq on July 17, 2012 | [–]

these guys know linux graphics and audio stacks from the inside out. having such people around the office which you can come to, ask pretty much any question and get a meaningful answer is practically priceless IMHO.

ergo14 on July 18, 2012 | [–]

Their libraries (especially SDL) are used when games get ported.

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