I think it’s perfectly ethical to have a closed source plugins marketplace as compensation for releasing a fully open source engine. I mean, look at all the good the Blender Marketplace has done for that ecosystem!
Not a joke! The Blender Marketplace is a thriving plugin ecosystem that makes Blender a professional tool. Virtually every small studio I know runs at least two or three plugins from that site.
I think it’s perfectly ethical to have a closed source plugins marketplace as compensation for releasing a fully open source engine. I mean, look at all the good the Blender Marketplace has done for that ecosystem!
I think im too out of the loop to understand if the last part of this is a joke or not - what was the impact?
Not a joke! The Blender Marketplace is a thriving plugin ecosystem that makes Blender a professional tool. Virtually every small studio I know runs at least two or three plugins from that site.