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MaKiPL / OpenVIII-monogame

Open source Final Fantasy VIII engine implementation in C# working on Windows and Linux (Android and iOS planned too!) [Monogame]
MIT License
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Need to be GPLv3 #172

Open Sebanisu opened 4 years ago

Sebanisu commented 4 years ago

We use code ported from other projects that use GPLv3. And that license requires all code used by new projects to be GPLv3 or newer.

SebanisuToday at 8:57 AM if i leave the GPL v3 comment infront of a function is that enough to use the function in my code? or does my entire project need to be gpl v3?

quantumpencilToday at 9:02 AM If you call the function by via either static/dynamic linking in your own code, that makes your entire project GPLv3 legally (not just that function). If you communicate with a running instance of a GPLv3 application via IPC or something but don't link (i.e, you have an output only dependency, no shared code/data structures between the projects) then your project isn't legally GPL3

SebanisuToday at 9:04 AM So I need to change all my lisance.txt to gpl v3. i guess. and technically openviii is gpl v3 too because we have code ported from dieling. and all of dieling is gplv3.

quantumpencilToday at 9:05 AM yep NEW [9:06 AM] license is very infectious

Albeoris commented 4 years ago

Better to get rid of the Deling's code in the repository so that this infection doesn't spread. :)