Yet another map generator [license discussion]

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Yet another map generator [license discussion]

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Nice to hear. With what Type of License did you release?
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MetalKing wrote:Nice to hear. With what Type of License did you release?
GPL of course...

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Fine. Where is the Source? :)
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MetalKing wrote:Fine. Where is the Source? :)
On my computer only at this point. It's still alpha you know, and I will not take over the hassle to maintain it if no one is interested in this utility. :D

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I understand your point. My point is written in my signature.
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MetalKing wrote:I understand your point. My point is written in my signature.
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You really scanned the sources of everything running on your computer ? I can't believe it. For myself, I run potentially malicious software in a sandbox.

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Well, but I am interested in the idea. And if you really release it under the GPL, you are forced by that license to publish the sources.
Mainly I wanted to settle down the issue. I do understand that you don't want to discuss laws here, but rather are doing things for fun. But then you should be sure which license you pick. :)

What is so bad, btw, about releasing the sources? That's essentially what open source is for, isn't it?
With the sources at hand anyone could modify your generator to fit his needs exactly, or improve it in some areas — so you'll get more valuable feedback.
Of course, if you want to keep it closed source, it's up to you — but then you cannot say it's GPL. ;)
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Crendgrim wrote:And if you really release it under the GPL, you are forced by that license to publish the sources
probably not. and i can't see anything in the gpl that forbids you to apply it to something were it just doesn't make sense^^
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How would you understand §6 then?
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
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I feel like discussing if the Earth is flat or round.
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Crendgrim wrote: With the sources at hand anyone could modify your generator to fit his needs exactly, or improve it in some areas — so you'll get more valuable feedback.
But I don't care about "anyone improving my code". I care about collaboration, not plagiarism or paternalist criticism. All you're doing here is promising much: "valuable feedback" as you say. When ? As for now, this thread is completely off-topic, and I really don't think publishing my sources would improve anything.
But yes, maybe I should admit I will have no more feedback than considerations on GPL licence or similar matters, which in my plain language means "not interested". So be it... I only will turn to something else. :D

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pyrophorus wrote: But I don't care about "anyone improving my code". I care about collaboration, not plagiarism or paternalist criticism. All you're doing here is promising much: "valuable feedback" as you say. When ? As for now, this thread is completely off-topic, and I really don't think publishing my sources would improve anything.
But yes, maybe I should admit I will have no more feedback than considerations on GPL licence or similar matters, which in my plain language means "not interested". So be it... I only will turn to something else. :D

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The Thread WAS on Topic but now it's really OT. Read the 3rd Line of my Signature, read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source to undestand what OpenSource and read about GPL to understand what GPL means. I wonder why you claim your Software to OpenSource under License of GPL if you refuse to put the Source on the Server. No, sorry! The Earth is round and not like a Banana.
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Re: Yet another map generator [license discussion]

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Split. Please keep the license discussion in this thread, since it was obviously cluttering up the original one.

That said, it's probably easier to just not license it as GPL. I see no particular reason to do so especially if you're not putting the sources up anywhere anyway.
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Max wrote:
Crendgrim wrote:And if you really release it under the GPL, you are forced by that license to publish the sources
probably not. and i can't see anything in the gpl that forbids you to apply it to something were it just doesn't make sense^^
Crendgrim wrote:How would you understand §6 then?
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html#section6
(Link fixed by me to point to the right section.)

The "you" part in the GPL is the licensee (i.e. the one who received and redistributes the software, not the one who originally produced it). So anyone who wants to redistribute the program would be forced to supply the source code ... which about means that nobody can redistribute at all, since nobody has the source code.

As said by zookeeper, this doesn't make much sense, one could just as well say "don't redistribute" as license terms.

Of course, if pyrophorus' program is a derivate of another program (not by himself) which was under GPL, then the "you" part would apply to himself, too (by the license of the other program), and he would really be forced to publish the sources of his derived program. (But the only one who can actually force him is the copyright holder (or holders) of this original program.)
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And that's exactly what I tried to explain. :)
If he says that it's GPL, he must publish the sources. If he doesn't want to publish the sources, it can't be GPL. That's all I wanted to say. ;)
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