On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 07:11:43PM -0800, mage wrote:
> The way I read it, in light of the preamble, is that if you have
> encrypted the software, then you have to include the passwords and/or
> codes needed to install or use the software. This would prohibit
> demo-like software that you release for free, but must buy the access
> codes to actually use the rest of it. This would also prohibit selling
> a disc that would install only certain pieces without an access code,
> but you must buy a code to get the rest from the disc.
I wonder what this would do with signed binaries used in certain games?
Anyone is free to generate a binary, but not all binaries have trusted
signatures that allow them to work on major servers to reduce the
likelyhood of cheating in those games.
Given that these games are sometimes played for profit, the GPL may be a
bad license to use for the engines in the near future, even if having the
source code to the engine be widely available is a good thing.
--
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act,
but a habit."
-- Aristotle
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