commander@lemmy.world to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoBitCraft Open Sourcing - Phase 1 Announced!bitcraftonline.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up188arrow-down1external-linkBitCraft Open Sourcing - Phase 1 Announced!bitcraftonline.comcommander@lemmy.world to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square20fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarebaduhai@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·17 hours ago You cannot: … Share information about any discovered exploits in the game with anyone other than us Operate official, unofficial, private or any otherwise competing BitCraft servers Doesn’t sound open source to me.
minus-squarefum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 hours agoYeah adding these two restrictions to any open source licence means that it’s not actually open source. They should brush up on the open source definition. It sounds like it will effectively be “source available”, which is not the same thing.
minus-squaredeafboy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoIsn’t this whole project just a showcase for their unique backend? They must be really insecure about it to ban any competition in the license.
minus-squareRicky Rigatoni@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 hours agoIf they want to show off their backend just open an only fans like everyone else.
minus-squareqaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 hours agoThe thing powering the game is also “Open Sourced” under a modified version of the BSL, so I think it’s going to be something similar to that.
minus-squarebaduhai@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 hours ago BSL A-ha. So not at all open source then, got it.
minus-squareTragicNotCute@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·14 hours agoI’m super curious to read the license and understand how this is allowed: Run your own version of server modules for testing or experimentation Make (and sell) a game similar to BitCraft with your own IP (art and themes) using our code as a basis But what you quoted isn’t.
Doesn’t sound open source to me.
Yeah adding these two restrictions to any open source licence means that it’s not actually open source. They should brush up on the open source definition. It sounds like it will effectively be “source available”, which is not the same thing.
Isn’t this whole project just a showcase for their unique backend? They must be really insecure about it to ban any competition in the license.
If they want to show off their backend just open an only fans like everyone else.
The thing powering the game is also “Open Sourced” under a modified version of the BSL, so I think it’s going to be something similar to that.
A-ha. So not at all open source then, got it.
I’m super curious to read the license and understand how this is allowed:
But what you quoted isn’t.