Nexuiz Founder Licenses It For Non-GPL Use

King InuYasha writes "Nexuiz founder Lee Vermuelen, along with several other core developers, have licensed the Nexuiz name, Nexuiz.com domain, and DarkPlaces engine to Illfonic in a deal to get Nexuiz on consoles. However, the kink is that the engine has been licensed for non-GPL usage. That is, Illfonic has no intention of contributing their code back to the main GPL Nexuiz project. As a result, Nexuiz has been forked into a new project called Xonotic. While the main Nexuiz site doesn't mention that Illfonic has no intention of contributing back, the Xonotic project FAQ explains what's going on. Additionally, the Xonotic project states that Illfonic 'may be in violation of the GPL as most contributors to the Nexuiz codebase have not relicensed their work for inclusion in a closed-source project.'"

Comments

Welcome to Capitalism

[Orga]

Making money off the backs of others is the American way.

Re:Freedom

[BitZtream]

Really? it doesn't restrict anything? So I'm free to use GPL code in a closed source game without giving out the source?

Do you know what the word restriction means?

You realize the only 'license' without restrictions is public domain, right?

And finally ... have you seen a diff of Nexuiz compared to the quake code base? No? I didn't think so ... of course you're clearly ignorant so why did I bother to respond ... oh yes, I'm bored ...

Re:You must have an different definition of freedo

[nacturation]

The question here is not which license is better (more free).

If you read the thread, that is exactly what is being discussed. It may surprise you to learn that sometimes Slashdot discussions deviate from the topic introduced by the article.