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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by INTPenis on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @06:25AM (#23233297)
Am I interpreting it wrong or does that mean you can still sell it as a game? Just not a game engine.
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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by britzl on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @06:47AM (#23233430)
Yes, you can sell your games!

The license page is very clear on this: https://defold.com/license/

* You are free to commercialise any software created using Defold * You are free to commercialise any plugin, extension or tool created for use with Defold * You are free to modify Defold and you are not required to share the changes * You are free to distribute original or modified (derivative) versions of Defold * You are given a license to any patent that covers Defold

You can sell anything you want created with or related to Defold, but not package the engine+editor and sell those.

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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by marakv2 on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @06:55AM (#23233476)
Are you affiliated at all?

Edit: ahh just noticed that you are(from comment history).

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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by britzl on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @11:16AM (#23235755)
Yeah, sorry, product owner here!
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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by vlaaad on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @06:27AM (#23233307)
You can't rebrand Defold and sell it, your games can be monetized in any way you want no strings attached.
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