PetuniaEpoch Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 Hi, I'm a bit confused about the share & share alike license: https://github.com/vbawol/DayZ-Epoch/wiki/How-to-correctly-get-permissions-use-edit-distribute-Dayz-and-Dayz-Epoch-content-and-code Does this mean, for example, that anyone is free to use code from any DayZ mod that's released under the share & share alike, so long as credit is given? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 You can modify the code and make it your own just so long as you give credit and don't try and earn money from it. PetuniaEpoch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetuniaEpoch Posted July 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 Thought so :) So, someone could release a new dayz mod that contained code from epoch mod, so long as credit was given? Not that I think I'd be able to do that hahaha I'm not good enough at sqf :D Just thinking of having a play at a modified server on my office PC really for me & a few friends, but wondered about the license anyway :D You can modify the code and make it your own just so long as you give credit and don't try and earn money from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 All the many many flavours of Dayz use the base code of the original Dayz mod, they just tweak stuff to add their own touch. This only applies to ArmA 2 mods, anything ArmA 3 can't use the code, Epoch is being wrote from scratch, that's why it will be awesome :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenturrac Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 Not sure if that is true. The whole thing about sharing is correct, but I am not sure if you just can use it. You have to ask for permission. Copyright and distribution rights still belong to the owner. Its one thing if its available(shared) for learning and knowledge speading purpose, but its another if you wanna use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetuniaEpoch Posted July 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Not according to BI license terms it seems - it says something along the lines of your free to edit/change and then distribute those changes, as long as you release those changes under the same agreement for others - meaning telling someone they need to ask permission, kinda breaks the agreement? Not sure if that is true. The whole thing about sharing is correct, but I am not sure if you just can use it. You have to ask for permission. Copyright and distribution rights still belong to the owner. Its one thing if its available(shared) for learning and knowledge speading purpose, but its another if you wanna use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenturrac Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 What ever this licence is, I dont think it rules over the international agreement of Intellectual Property. I will investigate further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenturrac Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Just one example from germany: Grant of exploitation rights http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_urhg/englisch_urhg.html#p0146 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbawol Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 You can certainly make another mod based on DayZ Mod and even our work provided you give not just credit but also abide by the DML license:http://www.bistudio.com/community/licenses/dayz-mod-license-share-alike Just to clarify, if you make mod of DayZ: Epoch you need to choose your own name for it and you cannot use our Epoch Mod Logos without permission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenturrac Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 I have to say this stuff is really confusing. International copyright is on thing, but this license is another... Who does understand that stuff.... So as soon as someone puts a custom script on his server he has to share it? And not only that, other people are also allowed to use it as soon as he provides his code? So he basically gave up all his rights and the only thing he can hope for is a credit, right? Sharing it is fine since everyone can benefit by looking at it and learn from it, but giving up the rights of use... Thats just madness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbawol Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 I have to say this stuff is really confusing. International copyright is on thing, but this license is another... Who does understand that stuff.... So as soon as someone puts a custom script on his server he has to share it? And not only that, other people are also allowed to use it as soon as he provides his code? So he basically gave up all his rights and the only thing he can hope for is a credit, right? Sharing it is fine since everyone can benefit by looking at it and learn from it, but giving up the rights of use... Thats just madness. If you base your script on anything from DayZ mod or DayZ Epoch mod then you will need to abide by the DML license. If this is something 100% custom made by you then you are free to license it as you wish provided it does not conflict with BI's modding license. Kenturrac 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenturrac Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 If you base your script on anything from DayZ mod or DayZ Epoch mod then you will need to abide by the DML license. If this is something 100% custom made by you then you are free to license it as you wish provided it does not conflict with BI's modding license. Ok thx, that makes sense. I was wondering if you actually have to share all of your work? SInce a lot is based on DayZ, but just the basebuilding code as an example is done by you guys. Completly from scratch. Can you seperate parts of codes and put different licences on it or would the original work of you become part of the DayZ DML in the moment you put it in the addon structure or release it together? Same for map addons. You would put that stuff in one of your .pbos. Would it automatically become part of the DML licence? Where does BI draw the line? This question is more about a theoretical case. I know that you guys share you work cause you want to. I just want to get a clear understanding of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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