Freelancer: HD Edition is a mod that aims to improve every aspect of the game Freelancer (2003) while keeping the look and feel as close to vanilla as possible.
It would be great if we could include a license in this project so mod creators can use HDE as a base for their own mod. This would allow them to create awesome mods with the most up-to-date HD textures and bug fixes.
One issue is that some contributors may not be so keen on this idea. Additionally, at this time Freelancer: HD Edition contains some copyrighted material which can't be distributed under a license. Perhaps in the future when most of that is gone adding a license will be more viable.
Ideas for a license:
Do not allow commercial use under any circumstance.
Allow redistributions as long as the license file is included. All contributors must also be credited.
Modified redistributions must explicitly state that it's unofficial (not the original), OR it must have a completely different name than HDE.
Anyone may not claim that they wrote the original software.
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
It would be great if we could include a license in this project so mod creators can use HDE as a base for their own mod. This would allow them to create awesome mods with the most up-to-date HD textures and bug fixes.
One issue is that some contributors may not be so keen on this idea. Additionally, at this time Freelancer: HD Edition contains some copyrighted material which can't be distributed under a license. Perhaps in the future when most of that is gone adding a license will be more viable.
Ideas for a license:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.