Post #1913677

2026-04-26 00:17 UTC

But then how could anyone use it? If it’s to download and run at home, you can get away with it. But in many of these cases they’re saying open source it so volunteer group XYZ can host a server and keep the game alive. Wouldn’t group XYZ be vulnerable to copyright action?

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@Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 2026-04-26 09:28

The artwork and music is usually on the client side (and if it’s not, the programmers need to get good lmao) so it’s really not a problem But in many of these cases they’re saying open source it so volunteer group XYZ can host a server and keep the game alive open source refers to a computer program in which the source code is available to the general public for usage, modification from its original design, and publication of their version (fork) back to the community (copied 1:1 from wikipedia, i was too lazy to write it myself) So no, open source don’t mean that a specific group keeps the server game alive by hosting a server but that the server code is aviable to the public to do whatever they want; Another solution is making the code Source-available (like some companies already do: eg Mojang) or just distributing a copy of the server for people to use, without being open sourc

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