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		seba_dos1 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Defold: cross-platform game engine > (and not trying to misuse "open source" like so many do) They only stopped because of the backlash they received when they tried to. Their initial announcement was about "Defold becoming open source".

britzl 3 months ago [–]

The Defold Foundation immediately stopped calling Defold open-source when it was pointed out that the license was in conflict with the OSI definition.

https://defold.com/2020/05/20/Some-thoughts-on-the-open-sour...

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