> 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 any

> 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.