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Re:Tools we used to create a hit HTML5 game on Steam by sdegutis on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @01:55PM (#21576763)
It still confuses and unsettles me that Paint.net started as open source and then went closed source. I mean, people already had the source. All because someone tried to fork it? It just doesn't add up.
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Re:Tools we used to create a hit HTML5 game on Steam by keithnz on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @06:10PM (#21579371)
see

https://blog.getpaint.net/2007/12/04/freeware-authors-beware...

Someone tried to claim it as their own by repackaging it and packaging up some plugins... He obviously got annoyed and figured he doesn't want to make it so easy to make your own version.

It adds up for me, just kind of unfortunate, I'd like to think it still would've been better off open, but it's his creation and his time and effort so if that's what he wants to do, I'm ok with it.

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