Alright, I'll take it on board and think about changing it. I really don't mind if people do whatever they want to with the code, just thought it might encourage a little more of a push on the contributions. But considering it, you might be right that its putting people off.
Maybe change things next update :) Richard On Sep 22, 12:28 am, Dan Sherman <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not gunna try to talk you out of it, it's your code, and you should pick > the license that suits your ambitions for the project. > > However, I can see it putting off a lot of users that might be interested in > working with it, who can't justify sinking weeks of time into a planned > commercial game, with no real way of knowing if/when the license will change > to be favorable enough to release the game. > > I'm not too knowledgable on the LGPL, but the Mozilla license would be > something to look into. > > Regardless, the project looks good. > > - Dan > > On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Jason Proctor < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > IMHO, this purpose would be better served by adopting a more liberal > > "library" type licence like LGPL or Mozilla. > > > full GPL puts a lot of people off, for reasons already covered. > > > >Thanks for the suggestions guys, really appreciate it. I've had dozens > > >of suggestions and thankyou's emailed in today alone. > > > >In regards to licensing, I was going to keep it as GPL for a little > > >while longer. > > > >I figured, with the engine at the state its in now, its unlikely you > > >will be able to make a profitable, stable game ready for the market > > >without fixing some of the bugs and issues that it has. Which would > > >mean an encouragement for people to make suggestions and > > >contributions. > > > >When the engine is in a better shape, I have full intentions of making > > >it totally free to use in any of your commercial games. > > > >Richard > > > -- > > jason.vp.engineering.particle --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
