Comments on: Contributions and licensing

By: Die Welt ist gar nicht so. » Minetest Δ – ein Minecraft-Klon

Die Welt ist gar nicht so. » Minetest Δ – ein Minecraft-Klon — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 19:02:54 +0000

[...] Δ basiert auf Minetest-c55, dessen Hauptentwickler Fremdbeiträge eher vorsichtig handhabt; Bildschirmfotos gibt es hier, der Quellcode ist auf GitHub. In diesem Sinne: (ﾉﾟ-ﾟ)ﾉ [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 10:11:31 +0000

Good article regarding that topic.
http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/gpl-compatible.html

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:04:54 +0000

Etenil: It does restrict it so that the final source code of the whole game, which will include a LOT of stuff that is not in the original Minetest code, will have to be released as GPL. Which, when talking about commercial stuff, is a very clear restriction.

By: Etenil

Etenil — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 08:21:55 +0000

While I understand your licensing concerns, I don’t understand why you seem to think GPL’d software wouldn’t allow you to “make a contract to build an engine for some indie game” as the GPL doesn’t impose you any commercial restriction.

By: Fishkilleur

Fishkilleur — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 06:23:08 +0000

BSD but also allows someone to take your work for sale under proprietary software.

“The BSD License allows proprietary use, and for the software released under the license to be incorporated into proprietary products. Works based on the material may be released under a proprietary license or as closed source software. This is the reason for widespread use of the BSD code in proprietary products, ranging from Juniper Networks routers to Mac OS X.”

By: Fishkilleur

Fishkilleur — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 06:19:27 +0000

You’re right, the BSD license is more flexible.
As Minetest (or a fork) is free, I agree. But if I make contributions, they will be under the GPL.