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What's surprising to me is Dwarf Fortress author uses Visual Studio Community, rather than the paid version of that IDE:

> "In enterprise organizations (meaning those with >250 PCs or >$1 Million US Dollars in annual revenue), no use is permitted beyond the open source, academic research, and classroom learning environment scenarios described above."

Surely there has been years where his revenue has exceeded $1 million.

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He posts his revenue.

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=177791.0

Oh, that's not that much revenue:

> 2020: $130801.30

> 2019: $119133.25

> 2018: $92558.50

> 2017: $83491.24

> 2016: $89423.38

> 2015: $60603.43

> 2014: $66765.31

> 2013: $48999.11

> 2012: $57854.88

> 2011: $42294.19

> 2010: $54501.15

> 2009: $32516.44

> 2008: $32318.46

> 2007: $19052.28

Once he releases the paid Steam version with updated graphics he'll likely be making millions in revenue though.

Considering this revenue is entirely made up of donations I feel it's actually quite impressive.

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