Question about freeware distribution (newcomer),

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Hi

I have been using Unity3D and am considering moving to UE4 for the development of my next project. I’m not worried about paying 5% back of the revenue of the game. It seems to be a reasonable fee. However, I am wondering about how freeware works, and whether it is allowed? I sometimes produce freeware, and in some project in the past, I have had a donation button (although that is most for website services).

Also, can anyone tell me how UE4 games produced with the $19 a week engine are later distributed? Do they have some form of DRM platform, like EA or Steam?

Thank you in advance

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You have to find your own way of distributing. For example steam. Also, it’s actually 19$ a month. Yes you can release free games, but not open source ones.

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Thanks. That’s just perfect then. Thanks for the help.

Although it will mean learning C++ whereas I am trained in C#…

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Check this out http://mono-ue.github.io