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PHILOSOPHY: Expand discussion on minimalism.

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More self-indulgent ramblings about philosophy of software design.
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@ -155,14 +155,7 @@ something that is useful for people making Vanilla format maps. On the
other hand, painstakingly emulating Vanilla Doom by starting with no
sound or music by default is not helpful to anyone.
== Other philosophical aspects ==
Chocolate Doom aims for maximal portability. That includes running on
many different CPUs, different operating systems and different devices
(ie. not just a desktop machine with a keyboard and mouse).
Chocolate Doom is and will always remain Free Software. It will never
include code that is not compatible with the GNU GPL.
== Minimalism ==
Chocolate Doom aims to be minimalist and straightforward to configure;
in particular, the setup tool should have a sane interface. Part of
@ -180,5 +173,28 @@ the setup tool. The assumption is that if you care enough about those
obscure features, editing a configuration file by hand should not be a
huge problem for you.
Also inspirational was the README file from Havoc's Metacity window
manager, where the list of features begins:
Boring window manager for the adult in you. Many window managers
are like Marshmallow Froot Loops; Metacity is like Cheerios.
I'd like to think that Chocolate Doom's philosophy towards features is
similar. The idea is for a source port that is boring. I find the best
software - both proprietary and open source - is software that is
"egoless": it does a job well without pretentions about its importance
or delusions of grandeur. A couple of other notable examples of
software that I feel embody this spirit of design in a beautiful way
are Marco Pesenti Gritti's Epiphany web browser and Evince PDF viewer.
== Other philosophical aspects ==
Chocolate Doom aims for maximal portability. That includes running on
many different CPUs, different operating systems and different devices
(ie. not just a desktop machine with a keyboard and mouse).
Chocolate Doom is and will always remain Free Software. It will never
include code that is not compatible with the GNU GPL.
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