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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, rig
by AdmiralAsshat 3y ago
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?
- vdaea 3y agoFor example you couldn't rent or sell your fork.
- rightbyte 3y agoYou can though? But so can any buyer ...
- Zambyte 3y agoNope, that was explicitly under the "Prohibited Uses" section https://github.com/id-Software/DOOM/blob/77735c3ff0772609e9c8d29e3ce2ab42ff54d20b/linuxdoom-1.10/DOOMLIC.TXT https://github.com/id-Software/DOOM/blob/77735c3ff0772609e9c...
- doesnt_know 3y agoOne 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…