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Title: Help about License
Post by: lucasshen on 26 May 2011, 03:55:42

Hello everybody wanted to know about license usage
I did not find any document
I'm thinking of joining a small team totally change the game
and offer for sale anything wrong searched and found nothing talking about

Title: Re: Help about License
Post by: Gabbe on 26 May 2011, 04:09:55

what?

Title: Re: Help about License
Post by: ultifd on 26 May 2011, 04:49:37

What are you talking about? Please be more specific... If you're talking about vanilla glest's data, I think it's cc-by-sa so as long as you share alike, you can technically sell it basically. Otherwise please be more specific.

Title: Re: Help about License
Post by: John.d.h on 26 May 2011, 05:10:46

The game's code is under the GNU General Public License.  So yes, you can sell anything you make with it, but you must also release the source code under the GPL.  But like others said, please be more specific about what you want, because I'm not sure what you're asking.

Title: Re: Help about License
Post by: lucasshen on 26 May 2011, 06:07:34

Sorry my English is bad..

I can sell the game after modifying it?
i want to know about everything so there are no problems.

Title: Re: Help about License
Post by: Gabbe on 26 May 2011, 06:12:44

You sell game, then you post credit info here kk?

More convenient you can send me on PayPal yes? That's great Thank you for splendid time!

Title: Re: Help about License
Post by: lucasshen on 26 May 2011, 08:51:35

you don't understand, I want to modify and sell have no problems in sharing profits is fine by me

*future*

Title: Re: Help about License
Post by: Gabbe on 26 May 2011, 13:17:55

Yes yes! You sell game then I give you my Paypal and you give me money yes? Thank you my friend!

Title: Re: Help about License
Post by: ElimiNator on 26 May 2011, 16:07:56

Quote from: lucasshen on 26 May 2011, 08:51:35

you don't understand, I want to modify and sell have no problems in sharing profits is fine by me

*future*

I think you can, but you have to release any coad you change.

Title: Re: Help about License
Post by: lucasshen on 26 May 2011, 20:30:27

Ok no problem

Title: Re: Help about License
Post by: Gabbe on 26 May 2011, 20:51:50

Then you must share 50% with us here, I will send you my payPal once you are ready.

Title: Re: Help about License
Post by: softcoder on 26 May 2011, 21:54:40

If you are talking about MegaGlest, then you must comply with all of the licensing terms as outlined in the documents that come with the game. You must read them and comply with them or you could face legal problems, the same as with any other open source style project.

Title: Re: Help about License
Post by: Omega on 26 May 2011, 23:47:53

Gabbe, stop trolling. You have no obligations to pay any royalties or share any profits with the Glest team, as long as you follow the license on Glest (the GPL). Mind you, most commercial games aren't released under the GPL, and I would personally advise / prefer you work on something FOSS instead of a commercial adaption heavily based on a FOSS program...

Of course, you can also make an optional donation to the Glest team, if you wish.

Title: Re: Help about License
Post by: John.d.h on 27 May 2011, 00:41:52

Quote from: Omega on 26 May 2011, 23:47:53

I would personally advise / prefer you work on something FOSS instead of a commercial adaption heavily based on a FOSS program...

FOSS and commercial are not mutually exclusive.  Just look at Red Hat (https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux).

Title: Re: Help about License
Post by: lucasshen on 27 May 2011, 02:59:13

Okay, it would be something big would a deal between friends.

Yes for sure would make a donation but as I said would be a small thing among friends surely little money

i from brazil :)