diff --git a/src/licensing.md b/src/licensing.md index 6ffdbdd..e09c486 100644 --- a/src/licensing.md +++ b/src/licensing.md @@ -1 +1,41 @@ -# Licensing \ No newline at end of file +# Licensing + +[![CC-BY-SA-4.0][cc-license-svg]][cc-license-deed] + +### TL;DR + +[CC-BY-SA-4.0][cc-license-deed]. You may (commercially) share and adapt this +work, as long as you [provide credit][cc-license-code-s3a], and share the +resulting work under a [compatible license][cc-sa-compatible]. In practice, +this means all code based off of inertya (server & client implementations, +plugins, etc) is licensed under the [GPLv3]. + +#### Do Privately Developed (Closed-Source) Servers Have to Share/Publish Source Code? +**No.** This is specifically *not* the [AGPL][gnu-why-agpl]. + +#### What About Content Produced as an Output of an Inertya Implementation? +eg. Recordings (youtube videos), exported maps, etc. + +Output content is **not** subject to the terms of the software's license. +However, if that output content contains art/audio, it may be subject to the +licensing terms of that art/audio. Although, in practice, art assets are +typically licensed under [CC0] or [CC-BY]. + +[More Info][gnu-gpl-faq-output] + +--- + +The inertya specification is licensed under the +Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License. + + +[cc-license-svg]: https://mirrors.creativecommons.org/presskit/buttons/88x31/svg/by-sa.svg +[cc-license-deed]: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en +[cc-license-code-s3a]: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode.en#s3a +[cc-sa-compatible]: https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/ShareAlike_compatibility +[cc-sa-compat-gplv3]: https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/ShareAlike_compatibility:_GPLv3 +[GPLv3]: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html +[gnu-why-agpl]: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-affero-gpl.en.html +[gnu-gpl-faq-output]: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#WhatCaseIsOutputGPL +[CC0]: https://creativecommons.org/public-domain/cc0/ +[CC-BY]: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/