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Great news! Given the Unity price changes that dropped[1] I hope we see Godot get more funding. [1] https://blog.unity.com/news/plan-pricing-and-packaging-upda

by bojo 3y ago

Great news! Given the Unity price changes that dropped[1] I hope we see Godot get more funding. [1] https://blog.unity.com/news/plan-pricing-and-packaging-updates https://blog.unity.com/news/plan-pricing-and-packaging-updat...

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taftster 3y ago
I assume you mean "dropped" as in posted? This is such a dumb slang word, confusing in the discussion of pricing. Did Unity pricing go up? I assume that's what you're saying? [edit] Just apologizing for the "dumb" statement. I meant it associated to the word. I should have just left it with "confusing", which is how I meant it. Sorry parent if that sounded directed at you.
- gorjusborg 3y ago
  It's also ironic that he is all for increased funding, but not paying increased prices.
  - bojo 3y ago
    It's ironic that I am cheering for a small open source team to get more funding in light of a $14.7B for profit company introducing what appears to be developer price gouging?
  - rschiavone 3y ago
    Arguably, more people benefit from funding open source project than paying for a license of a closed source program.
    - gorjusborg 3y ago
      I agree that funding open source development is better than paying for commercial software in terms of 'making the world a better place'. My point was just that the grandparent poster was acknowledging money is critical to success, yet griping about paying money toward something they use. I don't know anything about Unity's price increases (and I am not standing up for them), but I think it is important to keep separate the concepts of 'free of charge' and 'open source'. Just because I am letting you at the code doesn't mean I can't be paid as well.
      - johnnyanmac 3y ago
        >My point was just that the grandparent poster was acknowledging money is critical to success, yet griping about paying money toward something they use. retroactively changing the price of your product for no extra beneits has never been celebrated. Asking for donations can be positive or negative depending on the context. >I think it is important to keep separate the concepts of 'free of charge' and 'open source'. Just because I am letting you at the code doesn't mean I can't be paid as well. sure, unreal is "open source" but you need to sign into their developer network to even view the code, and have a strict license on what you can do and share outside said network. So not quite open source, just "readable source". AFAIK, Godot is indeed free as in freedom, licensed under MIT. It's pretty much "open source" in the true spirit of the term.
  - danjoredd 3y ago
    The increased prices are retroactive which means if you agreed to one payment model you will be forced into paying another even if you finished your game 10 years ago.
- johnnyanmac 3y ago
  >I assume you mean "dropped" as in posted Yes, "dropped" is a highly overloaded word, but one definition is: >set down or unload (a passenger or goods), especially on the way to somewhere else. so it may be a stretch to call it slang. saying that news "drops" as it is unloaded onto the public makes sense.
  - taftster 3y ago
    But when the conversation is about pricing, the word "dropped" there sounds like it's saying that Unity dropped their prices, which is opposite of the fact.
rschiavone 3y ago
Relevant discussion on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37481344 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37481344

by bojo 3y ago

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taftster 3y ago

I assume you mean "dropped" as in posted? This is such a dumb slang word, confusing in the discussion of pricing. Did Unity pricing go up? I assume that's what you're saying? [edit] Just apologizing for the "dumb" statement. I meant it associated to the word. I should have just left it with "confusing", which is how I meant it. Sorry parent if that sounded directed at you.

gorjusborg 3y ago
It's also ironic that he is all for increased funding, but not paying increased prices.
- bojo 3y ago
  It's ironic that I am cheering for a small open source team to get more funding in light of a $14.7B for profit company introducing what appears to be developer price gouging?
- rschiavone 3y ago
  Arguably, more people benefit from funding open source project than paying for a license of a closed source program.
  - gorjusborg 3y ago
    I agree that funding open source development is better than paying for commercial software in terms of 'making the world a better place'. My point was just that the grandparent poster was acknowledging money is critical to success, yet griping about paying money toward something they use. I don't know anything about Unity's price increases (and I am not standing up for them), but I think it is important to keep separate the concepts of 'free of charge' and 'open source'. Just because I am letting you at the code doesn't mean I can't be paid as well.
    - johnnyanmac 3y ago
      >My point was just that the grandparent poster was acknowledging money is critical to success, yet griping about paying money toward something they use. retroactively changing the price of your product for no extra beneits has never been celebrated. Asking for donations can be positive or negative depending on the context. >I think it is important to keep separate the concepts of 'free of charge' and 'open source'. Just because I am letting you at the code doesn't mean I can't be paid as well. sure, unreal is "open source" but you need to sign into their developer network to even view the code, and have a strict license on what you can do and share outside said network. So not quite open source, just "readable source". AFAIK, Godot is indeed free as in freedom, licensed under MIT. It's pretty much "open source" in the true spirit of the term.
- danjoredd 3y ago
  The increased prices are retroactive which means if you agreed to one payment model you will be forced into paying another even if you finished your game 10 years ago.
johnnyanmac 3y ago
>I assume you mean "dropped" as in posted Yes, "dropped" is a highly overloaded word, but one definition is: >set down or unload (a passenger or goods), especially on the way to somewhere else. so it may be a stretch to call it slang. saying that news "drops" as it is unloaded onto the public makes sense.
- taftster 3y ago
  But when the conversation is about pricing, the word "dropped" there sounds like it's saying that Unity dropped their prices, which is opposite of the fact.

rschiavone 3y ago

Relevant discussion on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37481344 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37481344