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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by SXX on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @07:50AM (#23233802)
Both popular commercial game engines out there (Unity and Unreal) have huge markets for all kind of engine extensions. Almost all game developers use said extensions and many are interested in selling them.
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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by onion2k on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @08:09AM (#23233936)
I don't see why you couldn't make and sell mods for Defold. It's the engine itself that the license stops you selling, not things that use it.

I'm fairly sure Epic don't let people fork, modify and then sell Unreal Engine either.

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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by britzl on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @11:15AM (#23235747)
Exactly. The license used for Defold (https://defold.com/license/) says:

* 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)

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