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kenamick / game-off-2017

👊 8-bit Retro Beat 'em up with Game Boy graphics
https://kenamick.itch.io/kickpunch
MIT License
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Questions about License #25

Closed besnoi closed 4 years ago

besnoi commented 4 years ago

This is not a feature-request or bug but an honest question!

Are you allowed to use proprietary assets in your game and then bundle it as open-source?

Doesn't that fall under "redistributing the assets" in some sense?

Various public-domain assets make an exception stating that that doesn't include "bundling the assets as part of the game or open-source project" but I'm not sure if proprietary assets are licensed like that. For instance envato doesn't even allow HTML5 templates to be used as wordpress themes (both free and commercial)

Please reflect your thoughts on this!!

n3tn0de commented 4 years ago

Hi @YoungNeer !

The assets we purchased are under the Envanto Regular License. Both Regular and Extended licenses permit product distribution with the assets incorporated:

https://help.market.envato.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005593363-Do-I-need-a-Regular-License-or-an-Extended-License-

The main difference between these licenses is that under the Regular License, your end product (incorporating the item you've purchased) is distributed free of charge, whereas under the Extended License your end product may be sold or otherwise limited to paying customers.

They have also some examples of use cases.

And we only include generated spritesheet, not the original source (.psd file in this case).