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lwjglgamedev / lwjglbook-leg

Source code of the chapters of the book 3D Game Development with LWJGL 3
https://ahbejarano.gitbook.io/lwjglgamedev/
Apache License 2.0
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Example code license? #35

Closed jjYBdx4IL closed 7 years ago

jjYBdx4IL commented 7 years ago

Could you please clarify under which terms readers are allowed to use the example code in this repository?

TY!

lwjglgamedev commented 7 years ago

I gues that it should be the same license as the book: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

But I'm open to cange it if some one points any good reason.

jjYBdx4IL commented 7 years ago

I'd like to use the examples as a start for a game. To be able to do so the ShareAlike feature certainly does not help. The usual license is Apache v2, which is what I'd recommend if you want people to get the most out of your book. You could even fill an existing gap that way: provide a solution that is between JME3 and lwjgl3, i.e. a starting point without having to use 'obfuscating' frameworks and at the same time having a decent book providing the introduction.

lwjglgamedev commented 7 years ago

Ok,

My interest on this can be summarize as follows, you can do whatever you want with the source code of the samples as long as you give proper credit. If you want to use it to build up something onto it, it's fine for me. I'll have a look at Apache v2. maybe LGPL can also another option ?

Regards.

jjYBdx4IL commented 7 years ago

The Apache license has the special feature of automatically revoking any license grants in case the license user files any patent related litigation, even if not related to his use of the specific code. It's probably the most commonly used one in open source projects that actually are being used in derivative works and I hardly see any other open-source license than that in the Java world

You must retain, in the Source form of any Derivative Works that You distribute, all copyright, patent, trademark, and attribution notices from the Source form of the Work, excluding those notices that do not pertain to any part of the Derivative Works

From https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

A similar one is probably https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ which simply removes the ShareAlike part. The ShareAlike resembles more the restrictive GPL licenses. And it's not commonly used for software.

Then there is also the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License .

lwjglgamedev commented 7 years ago

Ok, I've just clarified the license for source code, and set it to Apache v2. This way you have more freedom to do whatever projects you want with it.

jjYBdx4IL commented 7 years ago

Cool. TY!