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JoeyDeVries / Cell

OpenGL C++ Graphics Engine
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Project license #8

Open Calinou opened 6 years ago

Calinou commented 6 years ago

Hello,

I noticed that this project is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0. However, this license does not follow the Free Software Definition and the Open Source Definition, as it prohibits commercial use. Creative Commons also doesn't recommend its usage on software.

Would you please consider switching to a license such as MIT?

JoeyDeVries commented 6 years ago

I had negative experiences in the past with truly open-sourcing code (people have been directly copying the code as is for their own tutorials' (commercial) purposes) which is why I switched most of my projects' licenses to non-commercial as a 'default'. If anyone do wishes to use any code commercially for proper reasons, they can send me a message and I'll gladly allow it, but I'm keeping this as the default license.