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Damaging For Linux?  Published on 07 April 2013 11:29 AM EDT
Written by Michael Larabel in Gaming  When I exclusively
reported last year that Valve would be releasing their Steam
client for Linux and Source Engine, most Linux desktop users and
gamers were filled with joy. However, now that the Steam client
is out in the wild and more and more games are coming to Linux
via this digital distribution system, it seems not everyone is
happy.  For the past week within the Phoronix Forums has been a
very active thread entitled Is Valve's Steam antithetical to
Linux and the very core of the open source spirit?  The thread
has sparked dozens of responses. The original poster's views are
that Steam is anti-ethical to Linux because developers must sign
an NDA not to discuss their Valve contracts, Valve has some say
over which games are distri