HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoIt's open source and has better managementlemmy.mlimagemessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1921arrow-down120
arrow-up1901arrow-down1imageIt's open source and has better managementlemmy.mlHiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squareoriginal_ish_namelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down6·1 year agoThanks, but I’m not licensing my games under Creative Commons (yes, Scratch is stupid enough to do that)
minus-squaresimplelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoWhy is that stupid? Scratch is a learning tool for kids, and being able to see the source of any Scratch game or re-mix it is awesome for them.
minus-squareoriginal_ish_namelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoThe GPL would be better. Creative Commons is not meant for code
minus-square4amlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI think because they also cover assets maybe? (I’m assuming, I don’t know; but it seems like the logical reason)
minus-squaresimplelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoMaybe, but it doesn’t really matter in this case. GPL just guarantees that derivatives will also be open source, but since the only way you can use Scratch projects is in Scratch, then remixes will also be CC.
Thanks, but I’m not licensing my games under Creative Commons (yes, Scratch is stupid enough to do that)
Why is that stupid? Scratch is a learning tool for kids, and being able to see the source of any Scratch game or re-mix it is awesome for them.
The GPL would be better. Creative Commons is not meant for code
I think because they also cover assets maybe?
(I’m assuming, I don’t know; but it seems like the logical reason)
Maybe, but it doesn’t really matter in this case. GPL just guarantees that derivatives will also be open source, but since the only way you can use Scratch projects is in Scratch, then remixes will also be CC.