EDIT: The author's post from 2016.09 outlining the background of his decision: http://dev.aseprite.org/2016/09/01/new-source-code-license/ http://dev.aseprite.

EDIT: The author's post from 2016.09 outlining the background of his decision: http://dev.aseprite.org/2016/09/01/new-source-code-license/ http://dev.aseprite.org/2016/09/01/new-source-code-license/ Super recommended reading! --------- It's not clear to me if you're aware, but aseprite's author actually had a very interesting approach to monetization already live for some time, AFAIK. Namely, code was GPL, but official Windows binary builds were paid-only. I found it ingenious, though from this change I assume it was deemed not good enough. Curious what were the numbers. As a side note, the original ASEprite (Allegro Sprite Editor) was what made me first discover the Lua language back in the early 2000s. For which I'm eternally grateful :)