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Doom Released Under GPLv2

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Re: Doom Released Under GPLv2

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Post by rightbyte »

vdaea wrote: post #8
AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #3

What benefits does this confer, in practice, over the license it already had? The source code has been up there for years. The assets are still proprietary, right?

For example you couldn't rent or sell your fork.

You can though? But so can any buyer ...

Re: Doom Released Under GPLv2

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Post by slacka »

imbusy111 wrote: post #2

Thanks, but I'd rather take the one without the GPLv2 license one commit earlier.

So you prefer, the DSL or GPL over GPLv2? The Doom Source License (or DSL) is the original source code license under which the Doom source code was released in late 1997.[1] I'll take this over the years and years the past licensing has caused any day.[2]

[1]https://doom.fandom.com/wiki/Doom_Source_License#:~:text=The....

[2] https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/44358-doom-license-amp...

Re: Doom Released Under GPLv2

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Post by tkw01536 »

umpalumpaaa wrote: post #5
imbusy111 wrote: post #2

Thanks, but I'd rather take the one without the GPLv2 license one commit earlier.

Without a license the default copyright law kicks in which means: "The default copyright laws applies meaning that the autor retains all rights to the source code and no one may reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works from the work." Good luck

Wouldn't the grant given through section 5 of GitHub TOS [1] apply here?

That says "you grant each User of GitHub a nonexclusive, worldwide license to use, display, and perform Your Content through the GitHub Service and to reproduce Your Content solely on GitHub as permitted through GitHub's functionality".

In other words, without an explicit license you can do whatever you like with publically viewable content as long as it runs via GitHub.

[1] https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/github-terms/github-t...

Re: Doom Released Under GPLv2

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Post by doesnt_know »

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #3

What benefits does this confer, in practice, over the license it already had? The source code has been up there for years. The assets are still proprietary, right?

One is that the previous note said for non-profit use which could be interpreted as part of the license terms I suppose? While now it’s specifically under the GPL you can sell the source and any modifications.

But as you say the assets are still not covered and there are already more modern engines to play doom under other licenses anyway so…

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