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Re:A first look at Unreal Engine 5 by notaplumber on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @02:47PM (#23170246)
UE5 is not open source, it is shared source or "source available". Assuming it follows the model of UE4.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source-available_software

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Re:A first look at Unreal Engine 5 by 0xCMP on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @03:29PM (#23170773)
Good point, but OP's point is that they can't hide behind demos. Anyone who requests the source will most likely get it and be able to see what's going on.
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Re:A first look at Unreal Engine 5 by notaplumber on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @04:10PM (#23171253)
Indeed, that part is accurate. It would be technically interesting if the tech demo was a part of UE5 source release. I'm not familiar if they've done that in the past.
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Re:A first look at Unreal Engine 5 by naikrovek on Thursday May 14, 2020 @02:32PM (#23183465)
Demos are sometimes released in the Unreal Marketplace. Unity often does the same in their own store.
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