Move project overall license to GNU GPLv3

(while keeping individual mod licenses intact)
Wuzzy 2020-05-30 19:34:36 +02:00
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@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ Please report all bugs and missing Minecraft features here:
## Other readme files
* `LICENSE.txt`: The LGPLv2.1 license text
* `LICENSE.txt`: The GPLv3 license text
* `CONTRIBUTING.md`: Information for those who want to contribute
* `MISSING_ENGINE_FEATURES.md`: List of missing features in Minetest which MineClone 2 would need for improvement
* `API.md`: For Minetest modders who want to mod this game
@ -247,14 +247,29 @@ Copying is an act of love. Please copy and share! <3
Here's the detailed legalese for those who need it:
### License of source code
MineClone 2 is a clean-room implementation of Minecraft
and licensed under the
GNU LGPL v2.1 (Wuzzy, davedevils and countless others) (see `LICENSE.txt`).
MineClone 2 (by Wuzzy, davedevils and countless others)
is an imitation of Minecraft.
MineClone 2 is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License (in the LICENSE.txt file) for more
details.
In the mods you might find in the read-me or license
text files a different license. This counts as dual-licensing.
You can choose which license applies to you: Either the
license of MineClone 2 (GNU GPLv3) or the mod's license.
MineClone 2 is a direct continuation of the discontinued MineClone
project by davedevils which fell under the same license.
project by davedevils.
Mods credit:
Mod credits:
See `README.txt` or `README.md` in each mod directory for information about other authors.
For mods that do not have such a file, the license is the source code license
of MineClone 2 and the author is Wuzzy.