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Oenis
The difference is when you used the license of Teeworlds or DDnet you contributed to the world and you could use anyones content to help you and they could use yours
And then create your own shell, using other peoples content and then slowly paste a license over it that gives you ownership to all that stuff derived from it
And then create your own shell, using other peoples content and then slowly paste a license over it that gives you ownership to all that stuff derived from it
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The whole OSS thing have started to take more time then it's actually worth.
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Has to be done in 3rd person
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Has to be done in 3rd person
Youre literally saying here, that the lads didn't quite know what they were doing, they tried to properly license it under debian licensing but failed and licensed the sauce under creative commons
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And now because you see that opening youre gonna use it
Copyright (C) 2007-2022 Magnus Auvinen
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Id have to look into this. This is such a scummy move though ,its obvious what they intended, suposedly he even had this discussion with debian people advising him on what license to take
I guess your lawyer did a decent job. Id still try to put up a fight if I was Magnus. But's telling that you managed to get into the community and took control of it, then you used maps that were under a creative commons/world wide free usage license to start your project
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and you made sure you didnt have problems with the original owner, at least not problems you couldnt deal with
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Youre smart, Im glad I saw half of it, Im sad nobody saw half of what I saw
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And I gotta say, youre not running it too badly, its just that youre clearly forcing changes that people may not want. But maybe you think its for the better
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I dont know if you ever plan to profit from this, youve spent a lot already, like you say. Maybe you actually care and owning is the only way you can guarantee your money isnt wasted
I get you now, you think that youre smarter than others, and in a way maybe you are. But , yeah, this is kinda dark. My conspiracy sht wasnt too far off. But hey, maybe its for the better then. BE a benevolent dictator
Oenis
I dont know if you ever plan to profit from this, youve spent a lot already, like you say. Maybe you actually care and owning is the only way you can guarantee your money isnt wasted