Nothing new here, The Battlegrounds modification has distributed the SDK code for a very long time (as it is an open-source mod). I don't think Valve has ever noticed or cared...
http://www.bgmod.com/downloads/bg2src.html If you are not a for-profit enterprise don't expect Valve to bother pursuing this. When they made the original decision to create such an open SDK they probably considered this sort of thing would inevitably happen. I just wouldn't even bother with a license at all. They are a pain in the ass to adhere to anyway. On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Tony Paloma <[email protected]>wrote: > You're right. You should just accidentally all of valve's engine codes to > the webs. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Garry Newman > Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 1:57 PM > To: Discussion of Half-Life Programming > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] SVN GPL Question > > All this license bullshit. What's the point. > > garry > > On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 9:50 PM, Bob Somers <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Eww... yikes, I can't imagine GPL3 being a viable license for a large > > chunk of projects then. Stick with LGPL, it seems to make the most > > sense out of all the OS licenses. > > > > --Bob > > > > On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Keeper <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > When I read up on the GPL3 this morning. You have to provide all the > > source code allow your application to compile. It's geared towards 100% > > open source applications. So for licensing your plugin as open source, > it > > seems that the Lesser license is what we need to use since we don't (and > > cannot) supply the code for the VALVe libraries that we link against. > > > > > > Keeper > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Bob Somers [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 4:25 PM > > > To: Discussion of Half-Life Programming > > > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] SVN GPL Question > > > > > > Does the GPL also cover libraries that you use, though? As I > > > understand it, all of *your* code could be covered under the GPL, > > > while Valve's is still covered under there license, and doesn't need > > > to be supplied. It would probably be a royal bitch to decouple the > > > code that much though, especially when we're talking about the source > > > SDK. > > > > > > --Bob > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Keeper <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >> As I understand GPL3, as long as you provide all the source code to > > build > > >> the application then you are fine. In which case we could not > _legally_ > > be > > >> in compliance with that licensing. Which is why I was asking. I > think > > we > > >> can be open source, but I think the version of license that we are > using > > is > > >> incorrect. > > >> > > >> I'll look into the LGPL ... thanks for that info. > > >> > > >> Keeper > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
