Open source license?

[Trilarion]

Hi,

Does the project has an open source license allowing sharing and mofication like GPL, MIT, BSD, ... or is it more like "all rights reserved"? If it isn't licensed like this, is such a step planned in the future?

I could not find such specific information about the license status in the code or in the issues but the project looks promising.

Thanks and kind regards.

[subchannel13]

Hi!

Short answer: GPL.

I was planning to separate game logic and user interface into different repositories with different licences (LGPL for game logic and GPL for UI). That got postponed for a while and I'd rather keep the code in the single repository. I'll investigate how to apply different licences to different parts of the code but until then assume whole project under GPL. I'll add licence file soon.

Best regards.

[Trilarion]

Thanks for the quick reply and for licensing the project with an open source license.

Here is what I would to in order to apply different licenses to different parts of the code:

• put the different parts in different subfolders
• put a license file in each subfolder as well as license headers in each source file (modern IDEs can help with that, although they may only have per project settings)
• in the readme, mention that there are two different licenses, one for each part

Additionally, since the LGPL is like the GPL with some things left out, you could license the whole thing with GPL and additionally dual-license the game logic part with the LGPL license. You would then need to do something like:

• put the GPL license at the top folder (already done)
• put the LGPL license in the game logic folder (to do)
• explain somewhere that the whole project is GPL and everything in the game logic folder is additionally LGPL (to do)

That may by the most convenient approach for you.

Many regards

[subchannel13]

Added license files and mentioned which license applies where in readme.