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The difference is that the authors of wesnoth are the ones that own the copyright. That means that we decide what license we grant our work under. If we distribute it under the GPL and say the source is a donut held by Dave somewhere in the US, then all you have the right to is that donut. 1. I don...

I don't see how that note in the README changes anything. If I distribute Microsoft Windows along with a README stating "I interprete the EULA as giving me permission to freely redistribute this software", it's not going to stop Microsoft from suing me and winning.

I found some prior discussion: http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?t=21082 It seems like pretty much everyone agreed that Oggs are not the source code and it would be an excellent idea to change the licensing. 6 years later, nothing happened. I am forced to conclude that it would be technically ...

This is our official stance on the matter. Certainly, everyone has different opinions on how that particular point of the GNU GPL should be interpreted, and we have discussed the subject extensively in the past, as a forums or site search may reveal — which is also why this isn’t up for debate in t...

Hi guys, I was thinking about where I could get some freely redistributable music for a music mod for Europa Universalis IV (a commercial game), and I thought, hey, why not have a look at Battle for Wesnoth? So I did, and I was very surprised to find that you have your music licensed under the GPL, ...