Lord KJWilliams
Member
I need a second opinion about releasing a GMS game, as open source under a GNU Software license. I went to GNU's website to read their information on this, and what does not make sense, is that they suggest that I copyright my software before I register it with GNU as open source, in the USA ( since I live in the USA ).
see:
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.en.html
At the section bold titled : Miscellaneous , they state :
Thanks.
see:
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.en.html
At the section bold titled : Miscellaneous , they state :
How do you violate a open source license ( its just like a public domain license except it has the code for anyone to use )? Secondly, why would you register the copyright? Does GNU software license make sense as a open source license, or is there another way for releasing open source software?There is no legal requirement to register your copyright with anyone; simply writing the program makes it copyrighted. However, for the US, it is a good idea to register the copyright with the US Registry of Copyrights, because that puts you in a stronger position against anyone who violates the license in the US.
Thanks.