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Re:GameMaker to be free for non-commercial purposes and have... by asalahli on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @12:08PM (#38366515)
> the concern here is about them taking all the previous work

Not unless they retroactively change the license on said previous work, which I'm pretty sure they cannot.

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Re:GameMaker to be free for non-commercial purposes and have... by falcor84 on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @12:47PM (#38367107)
I haven't looked into GameMaker's license specifically, but many projects require a copyright assignment as part of their contributor license agreement.
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Re:GameMaker to be free for non-commercial purposes and have... by zem on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @01:46PM (#38368153)
that allows relicensing of the combined work moving forward, not retroactive relicensing of already released code.
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Re:GameMaker to be free for non-commercial purposes and have... by falcor84 on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @05:27PM (#38371330)
That's indeed what I meant, apologies if I was unclear.
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