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   SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Nov-2023 01:27:31 JST SuperDicq

   @raccoonformality@tech.lgbt I have very high doubts GameMaker will do that.
   
   You can not be "open source" and "free for non-commercial use" at the same time. If they were planning on releasing GameMaker as free software like Godot they wouldn't do this step first.

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Nov-2023 02:32:11 JST SuperDicq

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     • nytpu

     @nytpu@tilde.zone @raccoonformality@tech.lgbt "source available" is what is most likely going to happen. Many other game engines share do this like Unreal or Source.
     
     Godot stays winning.

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     nytpu (nytpu@tilde.zone)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Nov-2023 02:32:12 JST nytpu

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     I'm not holding my breath, but it's not out of the realm of possibility that they're doing this as a first step to prove to some upper manager that making it free isn't going to immediately drain their bank accounts. Although I still think it's probably much more likely to be made source-available, or at best “open core”, if they do end up releasing it at all.

     @raccoonformality

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Nov-2023 04:33:21 JST SuperDicq

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     • Caroline Bell :verified_trans:

     @halotroop2288@meow.social @raccoonformality@tech.lgbt Yeah, not free or open source, but just "source available", which doesn't really help against the problem of developer opression.

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     Caroline Bell :verified_trans: (halotroop2288@meow.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Nov-2023 04:33:23 JST Caroline Bell :verified_trans:

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     @raccoonformality
     Maybe, but what if they go the way of Unreal and allow developers to sign up for access to the source code? Not FOSS, but visible source.

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Nov-2023 04:34:05 JST SuperDicq

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     • Caroline Bell :verified_trans:

     @halotroop2288@meow.social @raccoonformality@tech.lgbt A code repository isn't that useful if you aren't allowed to do anything with it.