[ENet-discuss] License question
Lee Salzman
lsalzman at gmail.com
Fri Mar 25 05:43:28 PDT 2011
I suppose that is fine.
On 03/25/2011 10:04 PM, Philip Bennefall wrote:
> Hi Lee,
>
> Thank you for this information. I am only providing binary builds (no
> source code at all), and so have modified my html docs to say the
> following:
>
> <a href="http://enet.bespin.org/">The ENet Project</a><br>
> ENet is a rock solid layer on top of the UDP protocol, optimized
> especially for high-speed games. This is what BGT uses to provide its
> networking capabilities.<br>
> Note: For licensing information related to the ENet library, please
> see the website linked to above.<br>
>
> Is this acceptable?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Philip Bennefall
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee Salzman" <lsalzman at gmail.com>
> To: <philip at blastbay.com>; "Discussion of the ENet library"
> <enet-discuss at cubik.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 1:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [ENet-discuss] License question
>
>
> All things considered, if it is only a binary distribution (no source
> code included), I would prefer that at least my copyright is stated
> somewhere in the documentation and a link to the license is provided as
> well either directly at (http://enet.bespin.org/License.html) or state
> that full licensing and other information can be found at the home page
> (http://enet.bespin.org/). This doesn't necessarily have to be in a
> prominent location, but it should be somewhere where people could
> reasonably find the information amongst related such notices, and if it
> is placed somewhere low key, then ensure that there is not information
> elsewhere in the product or documentation that would misconstrue the
> origin of the networking code. Or you could provide the full license
> text if you want. Either is reasonable for the binary-only distribution
> case, so long as it is clear that the copyright on the code belongs to
> me and the terms of that copyright are accessible as above.
>
> If source code is included, the full license text must be included with
> the source code.
>
> Lee
>
> On 03/25/2011 07:21 PM, Philip Bennefall wrote:
>> Hi Lee,
>> I just had a quick question for you regarding the ENet license, to
>> make sure I am doing things correctly. With the following statement:
>>
>> The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
>> included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
>>
>> Do you refer to the source code, or must binary applications that use
>> ENet include the license? Currently I have a statement like this in my
>> documentation (including a link to the website):
>>
>> The ENet Project <http://enet.bespin.org/>
>> ENet is a rock solid layer on top of the UDP protocol, optimized
>> especially for high-speed games. This is what BGT uses to provide its
>> networking capabilities.
>>
>> Is this acceptable? Or am I required to add the full legal text? I
>> much prefer the above notice to the complete license.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Philip Bennefall
>>
>>
>
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