alyaza [they/she]M to Gaming@beehaw.orgEnglish • 1 month agoValve releases full Team Fortress 2 game code to encourage new, free versionsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1232arrow-down10cross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1232arrow-down1external-linkValve releases full Team Fortress 2 game code to encourage new, free versionsarstechnica.comalyaza [they/she]M to Gaming@beehaw.orgEnglish • 1 month agomessage-square27fedilinkcross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.works
minus-square@ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglish54•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-squareRISCWAREZlinkfedilinkEnglish10•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@aussie.zonelinkfedilink6•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