Please move it back, you clearly misunderstood, all code is GPL'd, and you misunderstood the file format's licensing terms too.Julius {l Wrote}:Moved to off-topic as the author clearly does not intent this engine to be used in FOSS projects.
You are totally confused by the fact that that file is called license.txt. I've linked an example deliberately, it is not linked to a person, but to a game, and it does not contain legal mambo jumbo rather bytes that tells the editor the game can be used with whatever license the author wishes to use.Julius {l Wrote}:A non-commercial license is not Free/Libre as by the common definition (for a long list of reasons). And your open-source definition is commonly called "shared source" and is not "open" at all.
As for you explanation about not needing permission; This can't work for two reasons: 1st a license is always linked to a legal person (but you can allow people to sub-license / transfer it) & 2nd what happens if that other person makes a commercial fork resulting in a totally different game from from the source covered under your the license.txt that you claim is libre? Either they can do that, or the license in your license.txt is not open-source.
Again no. I want to support proprietary games too, yes, but that does not rule out FOSS games, you misunderstood the licensing terms.Julius {l Wrote}:The legal construct you are trying to built here is just not open-source at all... it is plain and simple CC-BY-NC-SA or a roality-free proprietary commercial license.
Are you really saying that Java bytecode, GIF, HVEC etc. formats aren't copyrighted and subject to legal terms either?Julius {l Wrote}:As for licensing file formats... that is like trying to license the house I made with the hammer you sold me. That just doesn't work.
That's not true. What proprietary code is included in GIF files or in .bik videos?Julius {l Wrote}:What companies do is make thier exporter include a lot of proprietary code automatically over which they can then claim copyright,
Again, you're clearly mistaken, the GPL license says:Julius {l Wrote}:but since your editor is fully AGPLv3, where is that proprietary code supposed to come from?
- {l Code}: {l Select All Code}
The output of a program is not, in general, covered by the copyright on the code of the program. So the license of the code of the program does not apply to the output, whether you pipe it into a file, make a screenshot, screencast, or video.
I've already pointed out that this isn't about patents, it is about file format copyright. TirNanoG File Format only uses FOSS licensed algorithms exclusively, deflate, vorbis and theora, no patent problems at all.Julius {l Wrote}:Alternatively some companies try to patent file formats, but that is also on shaky legal ground or outright impossible in many countries.
I kindly ask you, please do not punish TirNanoG just because you misunderstood GPL and the format's dual licensing terms. Please be reasonable.
Cheers,
bzt