{"id":113127,"date":"2020-05-19T14:21:53","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T14:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gamefromscratch.com\/post.aspx?id=d24a09e2-4b3e-4d27-8977-be9854f12ec6"},"modified":"2020-05-19T14:21:53","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T14:21:53","slug":"defold-engine-open-sourced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/05\/19\/defold-engine-open-sourced\/","title":{"rendered":"Defold Engine Open Sourced"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Defold<\/a> game engine is now open sourced under the Apache open source license.  The source code is now available on GitHub<\/a> and Defold development is now controlled by the newly created Defold Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

EDIT \u2013 <\/strong>The above contained an error.  The license is not Apache, it\u2019s Apache derived.  This is unfortunate as Godot creator @reduzio<\/a> points out:<\/p>\n

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The alteration from the Apache licenses appears to be this limitation:<\/p>\n

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a) You do not sell or otherwise commercialise the Work or Derivative Works as a Game Engine Product<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I can understand the desire for this limitation, but I do not think it is worth it.  Edit over, back to the announcement!<\/p>\n

Details of the open sourcing<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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We are happy to announce that as of May 2020 Defold, the ultimate cross platform game engine, has been transferred to the Defold Foundation and made available as a free and open project with a permissive license! We believe this move will bring transparency to the development process and we invite our community members to get involved.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

We have covered Defold extensively in the past, including this more recent step by step tutorial<\/a> using Defold 2.x as well as this older more comprehensive tutorial series<\/a>.  You can learn more about the Defold Engine and the Defold Foundation in the video<\/a> below.<\/p>\n