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The developer of Rogue Legacy has officially released its source code 'in the pursuit of sharing knowledge' (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Custom license, not free for commercial use. Assets are still proprietary. https://github.com/flibitijibibo/RogueLegacy1/blob/main/LICENSE.md

I guess the main benefactor will be the modding scene. Indie devs can make deals with Cellar Door Studios to get a commercial licence with additional conditions. It might be close to open source in practice if the commercial licences are handed out generously.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

Regarding the proprietary assets, I used to give it some thought, and came to a conclusion that other than selling consultance services, selling assets is the only way to make money while creating something open source. That's why now I don't find proprietary assets to be something bad.