Technology fan, Linux user, gamer, 3D animation hobbyist

Also at:

linuxfan@tube.tchncs.de

linuxfan@cheeseburger.social

  • 24 Posts
  • 203 Comments
Joined 2 years ago
cake
Cake day: July 24th, 2023

help-circle








  • Good video. I wish the host would add chapters to his videos. 26 minutes is kind of a long video and it would be great if I could skip all the off topic stuff.

    Anyway, the title is kind of misleading. It’s not really about monetizing as in making a profit. It’s about bringing in enough money for the instance admins to cover their costs - for the instance to be self sustaining without the admin paying out of pocket. That doesn’t have to involve ads.

    So all the people drive-by downvoting just because you see the word monetize. Please stop.












  • OpticalMoose@discuss.tchncs.deOPto196@lemmy.blahaj.zonePurist rule
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    15
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    13 days ago

    It just means the developer posted the source code of their program for others to use. There’s nothing wrong with it. Id open sourced their Doom and Quake games back in the 90’s. Valve recently open sourced Team Fortress 2.

    So you’re free to play around with the code and make changes, but if you want the full game with all the maps, you still have to buy a copy.

    Disclaimer before anyone jumps on me, that’s just two examples. There are tons of different types of open sources licenses.