From 96777545286d493a8e50d95480e0743091fd5450 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: vbawol Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 16:49:58 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Updated How to correctly get permissions use edit distribute Dayz and Dayz Epoch content and code (markdown) --- ...te-Dayz-and-Dayz-Epoch-content-and-code.md | 19 +++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/How-to-correctly-get-permissions-use-edit-distribute-Dayz-and-Dayz-Epoch-content-and-code.md b/How-to-correctly-get-permissions-use-edit-distribute-Dayz-and-Dayz-Epoch-content-and-code.md index 5eb1765..de4253c 100644 --- a/How-to-correctly-get-permissions-use-edit-distribute-Dayz-and-Dayz-Epoch-content-and-code.md +++ b/How-to-correctly-get-permissions-use-edit-distribute-Dayz-and-Dayz-Epoch-content-and-code.md @@ -1,13 +1,16 @@ -How to correctly get permissions use/edit/distribute Dayz and Dayz Epoch content and code: +[dayz mod license share alike](http://www.bistudio.com/community/licenses/dayz-mod-license-share-alike) -First post your request here to get permission of community developers here: https://github.com/DayZMod/DayZ/issues +Mod now falls under the license above all mods must follow the license above. -Title your request: -"Request to use DayZ content and code in (mod name here)" +License Info Q/A +----------- -After you have permissions from the community developers post your request to use dayz epoch content and code here: -https://github.com/vbawol/DayZ-Epoch/issues + - Q: Say that a public github project does not have a license specified. Can I use that code in my own code? -Title your request: + - A: No, if software is published without a license granting you rights to distribute that software, then in [most countries](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Intellectual_Property_Organization) you have no rights to distribute that software. -"Request to use DayZ Epoch content and code in (mod name here)" \ No newline at end of file +- Just because it is available for download doesn't mean that it is in the [public domain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain). In fact it is protected by the [WIPO Copyright Treaty](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIPO_Copyright_Treaty) and thus the [Berne Convention](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_copyright_agreements#Berne_Convention) even if it is downloadable and even if it doesn't include a copyright notice - copyright is attached automatically on creation. + + - Q: Can I use any open source license? + + - A: No, any license you try to attach to that code would be void. Since you do not own copyright on the material, you cannot assign rights over that code to others. \ No newline at end of file