Re: [GZG] Can Haz Full Thrust Game Server?

Hi Jon & Sam,

On Sep 19, 2008, at 3:46 AM, Samuel Penn wrote:
> On Thu, September 18, 2008 22:23, Ernest Prabhakar wrote:
>> Hi Jon,
>>
>> On Sep 18, 2008, at 1:37 PM, Ground Zero Games wrote:
>>>>   a) Ask Jon T. whether this is allowable under the terms of the
>>>> publicly released rules
>>>
>>> Provided this is not for any kind of commercial purpose, I don't  
>>> have
>>> a problem with it as long as all relevant copyrights and credits are
>>> quoted.
>>>
>>> Jon (GZG)
>>
>> Awesome! Yes, it would be strictly non-commercial, probably under  
>> open
>> source and open content licenses.
>
> Technically, if it has a non-commercial restriction then it can't be	
> open source.

Ah, good point. I should have been more explicit.

Jon, are you requesting:

a) that *I* make sure my efforts are non-commercial?

OR

b) that anything we develop can *only* be used in a non-commercial  
manner?

More specifically, are you comfortable with us releasing the source  
code under (say) a BSD open source license, as long as the server *we*	
host isn't commercial? For example, we could place a prominent notice  
on our website that this server is run with the explicit permission of	
GZG, and not for commercial usage [without restricting the source code	
itself].

Or, do you want us to place the source code itself under a non- 
commercial license (CC-NC), so that it isn't legally permissible to  
use in any commercial products?

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

(or perhaps under the GPL, so it is at least difficult to  
commercialize)?

I'd be happy to call you on the phone to discuss this, to make sure we	
have the appropriate protections in place

Thanks!

-- Ernie P.

>
>
> (you may put it to non-commercial use, but an open source license
> says "anyone can take this and use/modify/sell it", so you wouldn't
> be able to stop someone else doing a commercial site, which would
> be against Jon's wishes).
>
> You'd have to use something like an CC-NC license, which isn't
> considered truly open source, or make sure the code (open source)
> and content (non-commercial) is kept distinct and separate.
>
> -- 
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>
>
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