Licence of DLC's

[arsen12]

Hello, i was read all code of main program is free, but what about DLC ? Code of DLC's is free or non-free ?

[Radon26]

DLC as far as i know require to be paid for.
when you download the game, you have "stone warden" addon, which is disabled unless you have a donator status, and "Vault" addon, why only can be used if you have paid "enough"(not sure how much is enough).
So DG is definitely capable of disabling your pirated ashes addon.

[0player]

I don't think that is relevant to the question, Radon26.

[mikekchar]

I hope DG can clarify this point because I am curious as well. However, having looked at the source code this is my understanding.

Anything in the directory game/engine/default and modules/tome is licensed by the GPL. Anything in the addons directory is licensed by whatever license the addon specifies. I have not looked specifically at the stone wardens addon code, but my understanding is that it is *not* licensed under the GPL. I'm relatively sure that Ashes is *not* licenced under the GPL.

It would be nice to have an explicit statement somewhere that lists what each pugin/module that DG releases is licensed by. More importantly I would like to know what license the music is under when I download it with the game. I think it is very easy to assume that it is covered by the GPL, but I think that assumption is incorrect and I suspect that you are given no license at all -- just a copy.

Not that I'm complaining about the licensing! It's just important to know what it is so as not to make mistakes.

[0player]

The music, or all expect two tracks, belongs to Celestial Aeon project, as the credits say, and is licensed under CC-NC:SA. Their jamendo page: https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/2740/ ... on-project

[arsen12]

I still dont really understand.I need a simple answer for that question:
Is any code(im not asking for any art-work/non-functional data) of any DLC is closed source or under non-free licence ?
just answer me simple

[Micbran]

I would like to say yes, but I have no clue. We need to summon DarkGod.

[mikekchar]

I'm sorry. I think English is not your first language. My other comment was difficult to understand. I checked a little bit more and I will try to explain simply. I have a question first: Why do you want to know?

Short answer:

- Stone Wardens: Yes (I think). GPL V3
- Ashes of Urok: I don't know (I haven't bought it yet)

Long answer:

The addon files (for example tome-stone-wardens.teaa) are actually just zip files, so you can check by yourself. To find the license:

- Download the addon
- Unzip the addon
- Open the init.lua file
- Look at the license

The Stone Wardens code has a GPL V3 notice. It might be a mistake, so I hope DG will say for sure.

Complicated comment:

Since Stone Wardens seems to be GPL V3, there is nothing stopping anyone from modifying it so that it works without donator status. It is interesting that nobody has done this (and I won't either!). I have enough Voratun coins to buy Ashes, but I waste enough time with the base game that I never bothered to download it. It would be interesting if it were GPL as well. A bit of a risk for DG, but if so I sincerely applaud him for his bravery.

[mikekchar]

Just another quick comment.

The DLC costs money even if it is "free".

Eglish has 2 meanings for the word "free".
- It costs no money
- It has freedom

Code that is licensed under the GPL is free like "freedom". It might still cost money. Software freedom means:

- You can run the software for any reason you like
- You can look at the source code
- You can modify the source code
- You can give the source code (and your modifications) to your friends

But it doesn't mean that someone has to give you the code for free (no money).

Here is a link that describes "free software". There are translations in *many* different languages, so if English is difficult, you can look at it in another language (just click the correct language at the top): http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html