I don't think you would need to release a game with similar mechanics under the GPL. As far as I know, we have no specific copyright on gameplay elements, especially if they were implemented completely in a completely different fashion. I'm not sure, however.
That said, I see no reason to switch away from the GPL for our code as well. Music and art have been problematic, which is why I definitely support switching license for those assets. It would also give UMC authors access to a wider range of resources. Changing our code as well would likely cause additional complications on top of the ones that have already been brought up. On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 8:18 AM, Paul Ebermann <paul-eberm...@gmx.de> wrote: > Vinícius dos Santos Oliveira wrote: > > 2015-04-26 15:32 GMT-03:00 Paul Ebermann <paul-eberm...@gmx.de > > <mailto:paul-eberm...@gmx.de>>: > > > > Another question: What about written art (i.e. dialogue, story texts, > > unit descriptions, etc.)? > > > > http://forum.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=37119#p533610 > > | All content in the mainline distribution is published under the terms > | of the GNU GPL, version 2 or—at your choice—later, except where > | specified otherwise (e.g. some optional code in src/nacl/ under the > | NaCl license, and the Lua core library in src/lua/ under the MIT > | license). > > Yeah, this is the current state. I'm more asking, if we are going to > change the licenses for visual and audio art, why not also for textual one? > > Similar, game mechanics (aka rules): > > If I try to copy the rules for similar game (which could have a totally > different implementation, e.g. Javascript to run in a web browser), > currently it could be argued that this new game would also have to be > released as GPL, could it? > > > Paul > > > _______________________________________________ > Wesnoth-dev mailing list > Wesnoth-dev@gna.org > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev > >
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