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Question on licence

A topic by ildede created Dec 26, 2023 Views: 100 Replies: 2
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Hi all,

I have a doubt, maybe stupid, about the licence (CC BY-NC-ND) present on the source files.

I was thinking about publishing my translation also on my GitHub profile.
The translation alone doesn't make so much sense to me, so I was thinking to have it along with the source code.

But seeing that "NoDerivatives" make me wonder if I can do it or not.

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On top of that, there is also a sentence in the LocJam page that makes me think.

Can I do more?
Yes! If you have Javascript programming knowledge, you can tweak the code to take your entry to next level.

Maybe, I think that a licence like CC BY-NC-SA suits more what we are asked to do here. Because even if we're not sharing the source code, we are actually sharing a modified version of the provided game. (translations are generally considered adaptation, or derivate).

Sorry to be so picky,
It's just to understand.

That's the license the authors chose to use, even after I raised your same doubts. I suppose it is a way to maintain (some) control and intervene if -say- somebody turned this into a mobile phone app.
Needless to say, they are fine with you tweaking the code, adding your translations and republishing here on Itch. We wouldn't have a jam otherwise.
Hope you can accept this contradiction and enjoy the jam regardless.

I totally (and better) understand, thank you for the explanation!

I can accept the contradiction, it was not a blocker to me ;)