Garry's Mod Goes Commercial

This is pretty neat. As announced on Steam Garry's Mod is going commercial. I think most know Garry's Mod as a great tool and fun sandbox for the Source (HL2) Engine. Its not perfect for machinima but has the best creative playground for making machinima outside traditional machinima methods.

Garry’s Mod, the Source-powered physics sandbox famed across the games industry, is to be sold over Steam for $10 US (convert), with profits split 50/50 between Garry and his team of contributors and Valve. What is currently known as version 9.1 will lose its number and become the initial paid release, while the current version (9.04) will remain as a free demo. All updates will be free.

I think this is also big for mod tool developers. If someone made a fairly decent HL2 machinima filmmaking tool I would buy it through Steam. This is opening new avenues for people who want to support their work and be supported by its users.