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b) can get dicey, depending on how hard the 3rd party in question wants to defend their copyrights. Google v. Oracle was resolved on the basis of being transfor

b) can get dicey, depending on how hard the 3rd party in question wants to defend their copyrights. Google v. Oracle was resolved on the basis of being transformative, not on the basis of class and function declarations being too insignificant to copyright. So if you can't even keep the 3rd-party headers, you're left with a bunch of function calls that you have to piece together the meaning of.

EMIRELADERO 2y ago
You could just strip out all mentions of the 3rd party component on the codebase. Let the community figure out how to plug in a replacement.
- nemothekid 2y ago
  >Let the community figure out how to plug in a replacement. Far more likely the community kicks up a huge stink about how Valve released a crippled engine.
  - maccard 2y ago
    Like this exact thread where they release the game and the top comment is "but the engine isn't available".
  - account42 2y ago
    This is just concern trolling now. Game source code releases are often not 100% complete due to parts that coulen't be released.
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