WIP: Adding GPL Exception for Digital Storefronts (CONSENT OF CONTRIBUTORS NEEDED) #26

MichaelYick · 2021-06-16T01:05:07Z

MichaelYick commented

2021-06-16 01:05:07 +00:00

Anons and core team members have been very interested in a possible Steam release for the game. Though, Steam, if we uploaded the game to it, would violate the AGPL and possibly the CC-BY-SA 4.0 due to their use of DRM. However, I have decided to write a quick exception that would gurantee licensing to digital store fronts of a properitary nature while also guranteeing that we won't add any extra content to those non-freely licensed copies of Snoot Game. This is to both allow users of properitary storefronts such as Steam to get our games and also avoids some BS where Cavemanon could add non-free DLC to the game and make it Steam exclusive. I'd like to hear the thoughts of other contributers and get the consent of them to add this licensing exception. If you see any flaws with this or see how this could be exploited for evil, then do speak your mind. Assume Cavemanon is an evil company too if that helps you think of ideas of how this could be exploited. If this exception (or some variation) is successful, then it will be the operating norm for our games henceforth to allow us to both capitalize monitarily on our hard work, gurantee user freedom, and avoid nasty cuck-licenses such as MIT, LGPL, or BSD that could be easily exploited to deny user freedom.

More information on the ethical implications on selling exceptions can be found here:
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/selling-exceptions

Side note: While I have no legal background, I have been interested in writing a VGPL (Video Game Public License) that would have exceptions for non-free storefronts and other trademark clauses to allow free software video games to be able to compete with properitary ones monitarily, though I do believe that maybe just going along with writing this exception is good enough as I doubt such a license could be GPL compatiable.

Anons and core team members have been very interested in a possible Steam release for the game. Though, Steam, if we uploaded the game to it, would violate the AGPL and possibly the CC-BY-SA 4.0 due to their use of DRM. However, I have decided to write a quick exception that would gurantee licensing to digital store fronts of a properitary nature while also guranteeing that we won't add any extra content to those non-freely licensed copies of Snoot Game. This is to both allow users of properitary storefronts such as Steam to get our games and also avoids some BS where Cavemanon could add non-free DLC to the game and make it Steam exclusive. I'd like to hear the thoughts of other contributers and get the consent of them to add this licensing exception. If you see any flaws with this or see how this could be exploited for evil, then do speak your mind. Assume Cavemanon is an evil company too if that helps you think of ideas of how this could be exploited. If this exception (or some variation) is successful, then it will be the operating norm for our games henceforth to allow us to both capitalize monitarily on our hard work, gurantee user freedom, and avoid nasty cuck-licenses such as MIT, LGPL, or BSD that could be easily exploited to deny user freedom. More information on the ethical implications on selling exceptions can be found here: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/selling-exceptions Side note: While I have no legal background, I have been interested in writing a VGPL (Video Game Public License) that would have exceptions for non-free storefronts and other trademark clauses to allow free software video games to be able to compete with properitary ones monitarily, though I do believe that maybe just going along with writing this exception is good enough as I doubt such a license could be GPL compatiable.

MichaelYick added 1 commit 2021-06-16 01:05:08 +00:00

6f91b92faf Adding GPL Exception for Digital Storefronts (CONSENT OF CONTRIBUTORS NEEDED)

Anons and core team members have been very interested in a possible Steam release for the game. Though, Steam, if we uploaded the game to it, would violate the AGPL and possibly the CC-BY-SA 4.0 due to their use of DRM. However, I have decided to write a quick exception that would gurantee licensing to digital store fronts of a properitary nature while also guranteeing that we won't add any extra content to those non-freely licensed copies of Snoot Game. This is to both allow users of properitary storefronts such as Steam to get our games and also avoids some BS where Cavemanon could add non-free DLC to the game and make it Steam exclusive. I'd like to hear the thoughts of other contributers and get the consent of them to add this licensing exception. If you see any flaws with this or see how this could be exploited for evil, then do speak your mind. Assume Cavemanon is an evil company too if that helps you think of ideas of how this could be exploited. If this exception (or some variation) is successful, then it will be the operating norm for our games henceforth to allow us to both capitalize monitarily on our hard work, gurantee user freedom, and avoid nasty cuck-licenses such as MIT, LGPL, or BSD that could be easily exploited to deny user freedom. 

More information on the ethical implications on selling exceptions can be found here:
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/selling-exceptions

Side note: While I have no legal background, I have been interested in writing a VGPL (Video Game Public License) that would have exceptions for non-free storefronts and other trademark clauses to allow free software video games to be able to compete with properitary ones monitarily, though I do believe that maybe just going along with writing this exception is good enough as I doubt such a license could be GPL compatiable.

MichaelYick added 12 commits 2021-06-16 01:11:22 +00:00

db852a7d83 fang now gets a shirt instead of hoodie

aec5c485e3 ask fang scene got some updated cgs, something about the crest going past her eyebrows or something

eb38e64f34 Fang no longer says a navy seal copy pasta meme with poor grammer (accidently left in a joke line)

685878c8cb fixed a problem where stella and fang were stupid big. Stop having a giantess fetish you sickos.

b6ee45f4a9 added chadshark

0d4ce46ee1 new anon ending sprites

4eef4ed2c9 fang no longer is a giantess at christmas. in other news, fetish-anon's day ruined

ba37989a2a updated patch number

b4a6abec8c Phantom-non-binary bracelet removed

92c2e054dc fixed stella related crash due to her alternative shock and the stage wires choice now displays dialogue properly

f6bf15ba17 updated version name and number

a695ca43ee Merge branch 'exception-to-GPL' of https://git.snootgame.xyz/PrincipalSpears/SnootGame into exception-to-GPL

Anons and core team members have been very interested in a possible Steam release for the game. Though, Steam, if we uploaded the game to it, would violate the AGPL and possibly the CC-BY-SA 4.0 due to their use of DRM. However, I have decided to write a quick exception that would gurantee licensing to digital store fronts of a properitary nature while also guranteeing that we won't add any extra content to those non-freely licensed copies of Snoot Game. This is to both allow users of properitary storefronts such as Steam to get our games and also avoids some BS where Cavemanon could add non-free DLC to the game and make it Steam exclusive. I'd like to hear the thoughts of other contributers and get the consent of them to add this licensing exception. If you see any flaws with this or see how this could be exploited for evil, then do speak your mind. Assume Cavemanon is an evil company too if that helps you think of ideas of how this could be exploited. If this exception (or some variation) is successful, then it will be the operating norm for our games henceforth to allow us to both capitalize monitarily on our hard work, gurantee user freedom, and avoid nasty cuck-licenses such as MIT, LGPL, or BSD that could be easily exploited to deny user freedom.

More information on the ethical implications on selling exceptions can be found here:
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/selling-exceptions

Side note: While I have no legal background, I have been interested in writing a VGPL (Video Game Public License) that would have exceptions for non-free storefronts and other trademark clauses to allow free software video games to be able to compete with properitary ones monitarily, though I do believe that maybe just going along with writing this exception is good enough as I doubt such a license could be GPL compatiable.

MichaelYick force-pushed exception-to-GPL from 342b0016c4 to a695ca43ee

2021-06-16 01:14:39 +00:00

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MichaelYick commented

2021-06-16 01:15:26 +00:00

DAMN IT WHY DID IT SYNC A BUNCH OF OTHER CRAP