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If you have questions about the GPLv3 you should seek advice available on the
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web. This document will attempt to answer some common questions.
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Q: Do I have to release my changes to your modlet?
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A: No. The GPL does not require you to release a modified version of this
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modlet or any derivitive works made from the POIs. Do what you want with the
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content for your own private amusement. If, however, you decide to release
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some or all of this modlet or the POIs within, including derivitive works,
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then you cannot constrain others from the files necessary to make derivitive
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works.
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Q: Do I have to notify you before I distribute my changes?
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A: No, The GPL does not require you to notify me for you to use it or
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redistribute some or all of this modlet or its POIs. However, I like knowing
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when people do. (It makes me feel good.) Notifying me gives me the opportunity
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to learn about your project and perhaps pass along suggestions. For the price
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of an email, maybe you could make me happy... zztong@gmail.com
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Q: Why bother with a license? Isn't "public domain" good enough?
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A: Sure, 99/100 times public domain is good enough. But when civility ends,
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the law begins.
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STREAMERS, YOUTUBE, TWITCH, ETC.
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I believe the GPLv3 grants you the license you need to include this modlet's
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content in your videos and streams. If you find otherwise, please let me know.
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It should also allow persons to make and use photographs and screen captures.
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COMPOPACK
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I don't believe the GPLv3 prohibits the CompoPack in any way. That is, I
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recognize the CompoPack needs to make derivitive works in order to maintain
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the consistency and integrity of the CompoPack. Derivitive works of my POIs
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are fine, so long as they're still bound by the GPLv3. The CompoPack as I
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know it seems to be well within the spirit of the matter.
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CURATED MODLETS
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I don't believe the GPLv3 prohibits my POIs from appearing in "Curated Modlets"
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in any way. By that, I mean if you want to make a modlet for your server to
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distribute to your users that should be fine. Similarly, if you want to make a
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"Top 100 POIs" modlet, that should be fine too. (I would be flattered to be
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among them.) Redistribution is fine so long as my POIs are still bound by
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the GPLv3.
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OVERHAUL MODS
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I don't believe the GPLv3 prohibits Overhaul Mods from making derivitive works
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of these POIs or from distributing those works, so long as these POIs are still
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bound by the GPLv3.
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Overhaul Mods like to introduce new code and artistic works. I don't believe
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any code or artistic works related to custom blocks is encumbered by this
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license because those work products are not part of these POIs or derivitives
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of these POIs. That is, derivitive POIs my have references to the code and
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artistic works that embody a custom block but those references do not represent
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a claim of any type over the code or artistic works that define the custom
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blocks. Similarly, the POIs do not claim any rights over the block definitions
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that clearly belong to The Fun Pimps and are distributed with the 7 Days to Die
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game. That is to say, a POI is just an expression of how blocks should be
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arranged and displayed, not the underlying blocks themselves.
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THE FUN PIMPS
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The license for the game 7 Days to Die ensures The Fun Pimps can do pretty much
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anything they want to with my POIs. Quoting from their license:
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"The Software may allow you to create content, including but not limited to a
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gameplay map, screenshot or a video of your game play. In exchange for use of
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the Software, and to the extent that your contributions through use of the
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Software give rise to any copyright interest, you hereby grant Licensor an
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exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, fully transferable and sub-licensable
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worldwide right and license to use your contributions in any way and for any
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purpose in connection with the Software and related goods and services,
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including the rights to reproduce, copy, adapt, modify, perform, display,
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publish, broadcast, transmit, or otherwise communicate to the public by any
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means whether now known or unknown and distribute your contributions without
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any further notice or compensation to you of any kind for the whole duration of
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protection granted to intellectual property rights by applicable laws and
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international conventions. You hereby waive any moral rights of paternity,
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publication, reputation, or attribution with respect to Licensor’s and other
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players’ use and enjoyment of such assets in connection with the Software and
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related goods and services under applicable law. This license grant to
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Licensor, and the above waiver of any applicable moral rights, survives any
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termination of this License."
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This seems fair to me, especially since some of my POIs are derivitive works
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of theirs. Since the relationship is going to be this close, it might as well
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be incestuous.
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