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I do that for open-source videos games, I pay for the steam version to support the creators (Dwarf Fortress and Cataclysm : Dark Days Ahead for example). I'm totally fine with it, as long as it's a one-time fee, no subscription bullshit.
DF isn't FOSS, is it?
Oh you're right, I don't know why I assumed otherwise..
You lumped it in with CDDA so maybe you were falling into the "ASCII graphics = FOSS" trap.