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? you expect them to GPL a triple A game engine?

by stevehawk 10y ago

cyphar 10y ago
Yes. Why not?
- EvgeniyZh 10y ago
  Because they've spent tons of money on it and now want to earn something
  - cyphar 10y ago
    >implying nobody can make money while respecting user freedom This has been debunked so many times I'm not going to bother.
    - EvgeniyZh 10y ago
      Let me rephrase - why would they lose part of their money - much money? I can't see what would be their profit on releasing UE under open source license. Moreover, what would be profit of others except the right of copying their code?
      - cyphar 10y ago
        > I can't see what would be their profit on releasing UE under open source license. They have already forgone a lot of potential revenue by allowing anyone to get the source code for the engine (under a proprietary license) without paying anything. The only thing left is to design a non-royalty revenue model that can work with a free software license. This has already been solved. > Moreover, what would be profit of others except the right of copying their code? Being able to release free software games using UE. Creating a community around UE that allows for innovation by that community. Porting to new platforms by that community. A show of good will to the free software community. There are many good reasons, but they all come about from giving people software freedom.
        EvgeniyZh 10y ago
        > They have already forgone a lot of potential revenue by allowing anyone to get the source code for the engine (under a proprietary license) without paying anything. They're making to pay only those who has profits from using their engine. Those who has no profits (i.e. less than $3000) wouldn't buy it anyway. > Being able to release free software games using UE. You can do that now. > Creating a community around UE that allows for innovation by that community. There is a community. > Porting to new platforms by that community. You can do that now. > There are many good reasons, but they all come about from giving people software freedom. I am for free software, but I don't like ideology in name of ideology.

? you expect them to GPL a triple A game engine?

cyphar 10y ago

Yes. Why not?

EvgeniyZh 10y ago
Because they've spent tons of money on it and now want to earn something
- cyphar 10y ago
  >implying nobody can make money while respecting user freedom This has been debunked so many times I'm not going to bother.
  - EvgeniyZh 10y ago
    Let me rephrase - why would they lose part of their money - much money? I can't see what would be their profit on releasing UE under open source license. Moreover, what would be profit of others except the right of copying their code?
    - cyphar 10y ago
      > I can't see what would be their profit on releasing UE under open source license. They have already forgone a lot of potential revenue by allowing anyone to get the source code for the engine (under a proprietary license) without paying anything. The only thing left is to design a non-royalty revenue model that can work with a free software license. This has already been solved. > Moreover, what would be profit of others except the right of copying their code? Being able to release free software games using UE. Creating a community around UE that allows for innovation by that community. Porting to new platforms by that community. A show of good will to the free software community. There are many good reasons, but they all come about from giving people software freedom.
      - EvgeniyZh 10y ago
        > They have already forgone a lot of potential revenue by allowing anyone to get the source code for the engine (under a proprietary license) without paying anything. They're making to pay only those who has profits from using their engine. Those who has no profits (i.e. less than $3000) wouldn't buy it anyway. > Being able to release free software games using UE. You can do that now. > Creating a community around UE that allows for innovation by that community. There is a community. > Porting to new platforms by that community. You can do that now. > There are many good reasons, but they all come about from giving people software freedom. I am for free software, but I don't like ideology in name of ideology.