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Potential issues with the new GPL Licensing

#285ClosedLunaticWasTaken 创建于 20 天前
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First off, i am not a lawyer. This is just my own understanding of things. I am totally in favor of mods being open source (specifically mods releasing their source code), e..g so that others can learn from it. However if i'm not mistaken, in case of this library, the GPL brings in a gigantic issue. - As far as i am aware, the GPL 3 explicitly disallows static linkage for works that use the gpl-licensed work, in order to make sure "users can replace the gpl-licensed work with their own copies of it, if they so choose". This is obviously not an option here, we cannot distribute a commonlib dll with every plugin, the reason should be rather obvious (dunno if it would even work in theory). - It would require a plugin not only to release it's own source-code, but rather make sure they can provide the gpl-licensed source-code as well, afaik for at least two years from the point of publication of the derivative. While i may be a little pessimistic about this, i don't think this is 100% possible. What happens if (For whatever unforseen reason) This repository/your account gets deleted, and i do not have a copy of the exact CLib-Version i used in my Plugin? I would have to ship it with every copy of my plugin, which would result in A: larger downloads, and B: Bloated data folders for users. If i am actually wrong about this, please inform me, i'd be really helpful to get an understanding of this, as i'm obviously not going to consult a lawyer for hundreds of bucks for one/a few skyrim mod(s).
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