I've flagged this as having a license issue because we need clarification on something. OGA doesn't accept any "non-commercial" type licenses; that is, you can't require that people use your song in non-commercial works only.
It's fine to request that people only use your song in non-commercial works, provided you make it clear that the request isn't part of the actual license or otherwise legally binding.
You can use these sprites and you're welcome to sell the game if you do. The license (CC-BY) only requires that you credit the authors and include a link back to OGA in your credits. You don't have to pay any royalties. :)
This is by no means required, but if you happen to have a website for this game, would you be willing to link it in the description? I like seeing the projects where people use art from OGA. :)
Conveniently, the ClanLib license isn't just "zlib style", it matches the text of the zlib license exactly, except for the fact that it says clanlib instead of zlib. ;)
I'm not sure as to the free-software-ness of the ADK. If the ADK is completely free software, and it's possible to set up a working android image for it using only free software, then an android entry would be legal. That said, if you were to do that, you should be prepared to:
a) provide a working ADK image and fast instructions on how to get your game up and running so we don't have to figure it out ourselves, and
b) be very specific about what all is in your android image so that we can be certain that it's all free software.
Please note that this is in no way a confirmation on the part of the LPC staff that the ADK is free software. If someone can answer that question definitively (and provide documentation) I'd appreciate it. :)
The CC0 license means the work is essentially public domain, so you can use it in whatever you want, commercial or otherwise, open source or closed source, etc. Crediting the author is appreciated. :)
For the record, I don't know python and can't provide much in the way of specific technical input in that direction (although I'm a reasonably good coder in general). That said, I'd be happy to playtest and help in other ways.
Nice work :)
I've flagged this as having a license issue because we need clarification on something. OGA doesn't accept any "non-commercial" type licenses; that is, you can't require that people use your song in non-commercial works only.
It's fine to request that people only use your song in non-commercial works, provided you make it clear that the request isn't part of the actual license or otherwise legally binding.
Thanks!
Bart
@Guillermo
You can use these sprites and you're welcome to sell the game if you do. The license (CC-BY) only requires that you credit the authors and include a link back to OGA in your credits. You don't have to pay any royalties. :)
Greets!
This is by no means required, but if you happen to have a website for this game, would you be willing to link it in the description? I like seeing the projects where people use art from OGA. :)
Conveniently, the ClanLib license isn't just "zlib style", it matches the text of the zlib license exactly, except for the fact that it says clanlib instead of zlib. ;)
Here's the FSF's comment on the zlib licnese.
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#ZLib
Short answer: You're fine. :)
Here's a link to the SDK licnese:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/terms.html
Unless I'm looking at the wrong thing, it seems to me that it is definitively not free software.
@hendrik:
I'm not sure as to the free-software-ness of the ADK. If the ADK is completely free software, and it's possible to set up a working android image for it using only free software, then an android entry would be legal. That said, if you were to do that, you should be prepared to:
a) provide a working ADK image and fast instructions on how to get your game up and running so we don't have to figure it out ourselves, and
b) be very specific about what all is in your android image so that we can be certain that it's all free software.
Please note that this is in no way a confirmation on the part of the LPC staff that the ADK is free software. If someone can answer that question definitively (and provide documentation) I'd appreciate it. :)
Okay. I'm probably not the best person to ask about this, since I don't do any Java development myself and wouldn't really know where to start.
Would anyone else reading this be willing to jump in and help out?
@Anonymous:
The CC0 license means the work is essentially public domain, so you can use it in whatever you want, commercial or otherwise, open source or closed source, etc. Crediting the author is appreciated. :)
Can you do me a favor and set up a webpage that runs the applet?
Thanks,
Bart
Yes, I'd absolutely be interested! :)
For the record, I don't know python and can't provide much in the way of specific technical input in that direction (although I'm a reasonably good coder in general). That said, I'd be happy to playtest and help in other ways.
Bart
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