[Darkhill]

We are debating on how to distribute our source code.  So what license if any is FSO under?

[Scuddie]

AFAIK, the source was released as Open with Volition owning the code rights, and later it was GPL'd.  Hope this helps .

[ChronoReverse]

FSO is gpl'ed?

[Solatar]

Indeed, first I've heard that it was GPL.


I'm not quite up to speed on all of this, but is GPL anything to do with GNU?

[karajorma]

It's not GPL. It's close but not quite.

The FSO source can't be used in any for profit way. I don't know if you have to distribute the source though like you have to with GPL.

[Darkhill]

Originally posted by karajorma
It's not GPL. It's close but not quite.

The FSO source can't be used in any for profit way. I don't know if you have to distribute the source though like you have to with GPL.

Thats what we were wondering.  Since we are working of full game for our club we don't really want to release the source code for cheating purposes.  But if it is GPL and we have to release the code then we will.

[Taristin]

I don't think you have to... but I know nothing about law...

[Fractux]

The scentence in the released V source code didn't say you had to release your source code, just that you couldn't sell it.

 * All source code herein is the property of Volition, Inc. You may not sell
 * or otherwise commercially exploit the source or things you created based on the
 * source.

[KARMA]

I think that there are the terms of use in all the source files, btw it's not gpl afaik (or people would be able to sell it;))

[Darkhill]

One of the finer points of the GPL is that if one of the coders wants his code as GPL then basically everybody else does too.  So if one of the FSO is using the GPL then other works using that code must follow it as well.  This is what I've been lead to believe, if its true or not I don't know.

[kasperl]

If you use GPL code, the entire thing has to be GPL. At least, that's AFAIK. I last read the license over a year ago. No-one here should have used GPL code, because then the GPL license and the :V: license conflict. GPL allows money to be made from the code, :V: explicilty forbids it.