I'm just here to say thanks, as I'm not above taking credit for creating our neighborhood in Minecraft for my 8yo. There's nothing in the GPL that prohibits creating false heroes AFAIK.
GPL does not restrict how you can use the program (freedom #0), unless (as is the case with lexer/parser generators) the output contains a part of the program's own source - e.g. GNU Bison's license has an explicit exception to allow that.
In case of Minecraft, you do have Redstone and Command Blocks at your disposal, and people have built things like an 8086 or Tetris. I wonder if there's an edge case with those WG tools, where the generated world becomes GPL-contaminated.
(Personally I'm a fan of BSD/MIT licenses, for those kinds of reasons - I'd rather not have anyone pay a lawyer to answer a simple question like, "can I actually use this program?")
rollcat|1 year ago
In case of Minecraft, you do have Redstone and Command Blocks at your disposal, and people have built things like an 8086 or Tetris. I wonder if there's an edge case with those WG tools, where the generated world becomes GPL-contaminated.
(Personally I'm a fan of BSD/MIT licenses, for those kinds of reasons - I'd rather not have anyone pay a lawyer to answer a simple question like, "can I actually use this program?")