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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by vertex-four on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @10:25AM (#23235192)
It is not released to the public with no strings attached, that's the entire point here. There's very specific strings attached around some use of this work.
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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by gpm on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @10:27AM (#23235220)
I was careful with my phrasing.

The engine was released for free with no strings attached - you're free to implement whatever you like using the engine.

The source code was released, with very minor strings attached.

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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by vertex-four on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @10:30AM (#23235259)
Even ignoring the source then: you can't disassemble the compiled engine, modify it and use your modification commercially, afaict. That's a string.
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