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[Rules] CC/Plugin Development Rules

evilseed

evilseed

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I want to see license/copyright information with disclaimers.

There is code made available with honorbuddy, through the public forum and even as SVN download. These has legal implications.

Both names Bossland and Hawker are named in your "Development Rules" this is dangerous, are they the copyright holders for all code made available through different channels?

Without the renunciation of copyright. They will still be considered the author and copyright holder no matter what you do. Furthermore, it's somewhat risky to release code without explicitly disclaiming liability or warranty; you're potentially opening yourself to lawsuits from accidental damage that may result.

With renunciation of copyright I can do whatever I like with your or other thirdparty code. Your development rules don't apply and I am fully accountable for what I do with the code. This means all contributers of code will bleed together with Bossland. I think that's fair. After all some contributors act as copyright holders for their code.

I want to see license/copyright information with disclaimers/renunciation of copyrights.

Maybe this will revive our community and filter the real men out of the boys.

FREE TIP: Denounce the developer rules. They don't apply.
 
Kickazz006 said:
BuddyWiki: Copyright and Licensing - Buddy Wiki
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Kick,

That license only applies to the Buddy Wiki. This is a good example of Evilseed's disclaimer, but it doesn't apply to contributions outside the Wiki. For the Wiki, I transferred my copyrights to Bossland, under the proviso that the content is made available to everyone under the CC-BY-NC-SA license.

For the code I have generated and contributed, I also made them available to everyone under the same CC-BY-NC-SA license. (Examples include the ButtonPressOnChat, ButtonPressOnAura, UserDialog, UserSettings, etc, behaviors, and other stuff that was probably folded into the core.)


Evilseed is right, its up to each developer to make his licensing terms explicitly clear. The "Development Rules" have absolutely no legal standing (and are basically meaningless). It is up to each developer to express his desires (even if it means explicitly citing the "Development rules").

This is a thorny area. Contributors reside in different countries and are subject to different copyright protections/enforcement/liabilities. Developers must do what keeps them safe by their laws. Bossland GmbH does not have a standing in these considerations.

cheers,
chinajade
 
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Your post is incoherent.

Try to say in a few words what the problem is.
 
Hawker said:
Your post is incoherent.

Try to say in a few words what the problem is.
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Hawker,

There is no problem, In my opinion Honorbuddy is a framework, this framework does nothing to damage Blizzard or the Game client. CC Developers, Profile writers and Plugin writers do fully understand what it means to act as copyright holder of code. [I hope otherwise I am sorry for them].

With renunciation of copyright by the contributors it is a different story, because the code moves to the public domain under a copyleft license for example :

0. the freedom to use the work,
1. the freedom to study the work,
2. the freedom to copy and share the work with others,
3. the freedom to modify the work, and the freedom to distribute modified and therefore derivative works.

Or maybe I am mistaken, And Bossland GMBH is the rightful copyright owner of all CC's, Profiles and Plugins under what license?

I don't know, because it is nowhere made clear what we are dealing with here. My guts tells me Honorbuddy is a framework nothing more and nothing less. Bossland GMBH is the copyright holder and owner of this framework as Microsoft is for the .Net Framework. But what about all the cc code, profile code and plugin code?

Hawker, try to say in a few words who is copyright holder/owner and under what license code are [CC, Profiles and plugins] made available?

Then I can rest my case. And finish my first Hunter CC :).
 
chinajade said:
Kick,

For the code I have generated and contributed, I also made them available to everyone under the same CC-BY-NC-SA license. (Examples include the ButtonPressOnChat, ButtonPressOnAura, UserDialog, UserSettings, etc, behaviors, and other stuff that was probably folded into the core.)

cheers,
chinajade
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Exactly, thank you very much. Thats my point. Its very simple, add a copy of terms and license in the distribution file.
 
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