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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by trzeci on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @06:26AM (#23233300)
I think it does mean that I can't fork Deflod, rename it to Refold and sell as mine.

Just a reflection as non-native English speaker. Game Engine Product is not the same as 'Product of Game Engine'.

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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by jstanley on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @06:33AM (#23233341)
That's right, and such a restriction makes it not fully open source.
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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by britzl on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @06:42AM (#23233400)
I will not debate you on that one. According to the Open Source Definition (https://opensource.org/osd) Defold is only 90% open source. It's a lot better than the 0% it was yesterday.
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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by SXX on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @07:22AM (#23233633)
Like seriously according to your comment history you're product owner of Defold. So if you're care of success of Defold why do you need this false advertisement?

If your company worried about someone making money off editor you can just keep this part proprietary while releasing the engine under OSS-compatible license. There is plenty of "open core" projects out there.

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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by Semaphor on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @06:57AM (#23233488)
It’s still 0% open source, it just is available under a very permissive license.

edit: Don’t get me wrong, this is great. But it’s not OSS.

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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by SvenAndersson on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @06:27AM (#23233310)
^this is correct.
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