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Backtrace and Godot

A topic by Artifex0 created Dec 02, 2021 Views: 377 Replies: 6
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Is it fine to use this awesome thingie to implement Backtrace support in a Godot project?

Godot is my favourite game engine so far, but I totally can't find any legal info about that module. According to GitHub's ToS, repos with no license specified can be viewed and forked by anyone. Yet, usage of unlicensed code kinda falls into a gray area. Should I just assume that everything's fine or find some workaround? 

Jam Host

From our perspective, it is totally fine as long as you can get permission.  I've actually not used that tool before but feel free to use it if it works!  We fully support community tools so feel free and let us know how it goes!

In terms of getting permission / the legal aspect, maybe ask about it in the discord because im pretty sure whoever built this participated in one of the last game jams so hopefully they are still around and can answer you!  Generally, it is probably safe to assume that they are open to people using it given they published it publicly on Github and wrote up a detailed ReadMe!

Jam Host(+1)

I just asked the discord community to try to see if we can find out who made it / get their explicit permission for you, I'll let you know!

Hello! I made the Godot module and you have my full permission to use it for the jam or for whatever purposes you need. I forgot to upload a license, but will do so soon and will set the license to the MIT license 馃憤

Sorry about not seeing this sooner! I鈥檓 not on Discord and only stumbled across this just now.

Jam Host(+1)

Awesome!  Thanks!!

I can't seem to find the integration document for Godot, please help? 

The GitHub repository has a Godot module that you need to compile Godot 3 with in order to run. The Wiki on the repo has a step-by-step guide on what steps are needed to get the module working and integrated into a Godot project.

I also precompiled builds for a developer on this GitHub issue, so if you are on Windows you can download and use those builds.