[Scummvm-devel] license clarification in FAQ

[Eugene Sandulenko]

On 8 February 2012 17:13, Willem Jan Palenstijn <wjp at usecode.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Given some recent and not-so-recent discussions related to AGS, it seems we may
> want to clarify part of the GPL in our FAQ.
>
> I think we should add something like:
>
> Q: Since ScummVM is GPL, don't games supported by ScummVM also have to
> open-sourced?
have to _be_ open-sourced.

> A: No. Parallel to http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#IfInterpreterIsGPL ,
> game scripts are considered to be data, and are not covered by the
> open-source requirements of the GPL. This is the case no matter if ScummVM is
> distributed together with the game or not.
Sound good.

> Of course this does not affect
> the other requirements the GPL has for distributing ScummVM.
This sentence is not needed in my opinion.


Eugene