As someone who's developed an open source game engine (Ren'Py), I think the important thing is that it's telling people "this is your tool, as much as mine. If you want to make money with it, feel free. If you need to see how it works - or even change how it works - you can. If something happens to the developers, the tool will still be around, and someone else could start maintaining/improving it."
And I think that sort of ownership is empowering to the creators who use our tools.
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As someone who's developed an open source game engine (Ren'Py), I think the important thing is that it's telling people "this is your tool, as much as mine. If you want to make money with it, feel free. If you need to see how it works - or even change how it works - you can. If something happens to the developers, the tool will still be around, and someone else could start maintaining/improving it."
And I think that sort of ownership is empowering to the creators who use our tools.
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