Code Resource licensing question
by Matthew Jessick · in Torque Game Engine · 05/07/2008 (8:08 pm) · 2 replies
The license granted when submitting code resources is:
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By submitting this resource, I agree to the following:
I, the Contributor ("Contributor") own, and have sufficient rights to contribute the source code and related material intended to be compiled or to be used with the source code for the Torque Game Engine, or other Torque products (the "Contribution") delivered, and which GarageGames, Inc. ("GG") has accepted, for incorporation into the technology made available as Free Resources for Torque Owners. I, the Contributor, hereby assign to GG joint ownership in all worldwide common law and statutory rights associated with the copyrights, copyright application, copyright registration and moral rights in the Contribution to the extent allowable under applicable local laws and copyright conventions. I, the Contributor, agree that this assignment may be submitted by GG to register a copyright in the Contribution. Contributor retains the right to use the Contribution for Contributor's own purposes. This Joint Copyright Assignment supersedes and replaces all prior copyright assignments made by Contributor to GG under the Free Resource for Torque Owners project. Contributor is legally entitled to grant the above assignment and agrees not to provide any Contribution that violates any law or breaches any contract.
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I had originally intended to mark some resource code (originated by me) as free for all uses. Is this compatible with GG's intent for the license above? If not, how do you prefer the submitted code be marked? (For example, a simple "Copyright (c) 2008 me" statement, or?)
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By submitting this resource, I agree to the following:
I, the Contributor ("Contributor") own, and have sufficient rights to contribute the source code and related material intended to be compiled or to be used with the source code for the Torque Game Engine, or other Torque products (the "Contribution") delivered, and which GarageGames, Inc. ("GG") has accepted, for incorporation into the technology made available as Free Resources for Torque Owners. I, the Contributor, hereby assign to GG joint ownership in all worldwide common law and statutory rights associated with the copyrights, copyright application, copyright registration and moral rights in the Contribution to the extent allowable under applicable local laws and copyright conventions. I, the Contributor, agree that this assignment may be submitted by GG to register a copyright in the Contribution. Contributor retains the right to use the Contribution for Contributor's own purposes. This Joint Copyright Assignment supersedes and replaces all prior copyright assignments made by Contributor to GG under the Free Resource for Torque Owners project. Contributor is legally entitled to grant the above assignment and agrees not to provide any Contribution that violates any law or breaches any contract.
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I had originally intended to mark some resource code (originated by me) as free for all uses. Is this compatible with GG's intent for the license above? If not, how do you prefer the submitted code be marked? (For example, a simple "Copyright (c) 2008 me" statement, or?)
About the author
Torque 3D Owner Stephen Zepp
--allow others free use of the resource with no encumbrance.
--allow GG free use of the resource with no encumbrance. This last is especially important, since we will sometimes use resources whole or in part in future releases of our primary or secondary products.
People have marked submitted resources as "copyrighted" in the past, but it's honestly more of a formality, since the submission of the resource gives up soloe ownership of the resource submitted.