FrancisDoubleA

Certain individuals parading that the leaks are the “greatest thing to happen to the community”. Meanwhile, many respected Source devs are concerned it’s the end for Source licensing, due to the way this leak occurred. If you enjoy and support Source projects - this leak has only harmed future projects’ chances of getting licensed. Yes this is interesting, yes it will probably lead to more cut-content projects, and yes people are talking about Valve right now, but I believe in the long run this will have a net negative effect. I also do not support the immoral way this has come out, which is (alleged) to involve social engineering, manipulation and exploiting Valve’s trust in license holders.

Considering recent events, I'd consider the best case scenario for this whole situation is Valve simply being "well, shit happens" and things being somewhat stable from here on out, even if caution is needed. I'm trying to remain optimistic for the future of this engine, but it's getting incredibly hard to remain optimistic in general tbh.