Valve releases full Team Fortress 2 game code to encourage new, free versionsarstechnica.comexternal-link alyaza [they/she] ( @alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA GamingEnglish • 1 month ago message-square27arrow-up1232
arrow-up1232external-linkValve releases full Team Fortress 2 game code to encourage new, free versionsarstechnica.com alyaza [they/she] ( @alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA GamingEnglish • 1 month ago message-square27
minus-square ChaoticNeutralCzech ( @ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish54•1 month agoNot free as in FOSS because it’s limited to non-commercial projects, but they’re Valve. Devs will probably be able to strike deals if their monetization schemes aren’t exploitative.
minus-square RISCWAREZ ( @riscwarez@feddit.online ) linkfedilinkEnglish10•1 month agoIIRC, the price for a Source engine license is $50K, Valve also has been picky about who gets them these days because people kept leaking stuff.
minus-square ryannathans ( @ryannathans@aussie.zone ) linkfedilink6•1 month agoMost of the FOSS community seems to hate business anyway
Not free as in FOSS because it’s limited to non-commercial projects, but they’re Valve. Devs will probably be able to strike deals if their monetization schemes aren’t exploitative.
IIRC, the price for a Source engine license is $50K, Valve also has been picky about who gets them these days because people kept leaking stuff.
Most of the FOSS community seems to hate business anyway