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--- faq [2012/01/18 23:09] – fdelapena
+++ faq [2021/01/22 01:57] (current) – [What rights are protected when I release a game? When does someone violate them?] fdelapena
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 ===== Rights and selling ======
-==== Can I sell my game made with EasyRPG? ====
+==== Is there a catch to selling my game with EasyRPG? ====
-Yes, you can sell your own games. A game made with EasyRPG editor is not a modified source code of the software.
+If you're worried about having to share the source code because EasyRPG is open-source, you've been mistaken! Software that's made with open-source compilers //can// be sold without having to share the source code. If that wasn't the case, that would ruin a lot of businesses. Ren'Py is an example of an open-source engine that currently has games being sold on it. Aside from the tutorial, name one game that has its source available.
-But remember the free software conditions: If you modify the source code of EasyRPG player distributed with your game, you need to redistribute those changes. If you sell via internet or via CD, you need to include the source code changes in the package.
+The free software conditions make it so that when you modify EasyRPG-- //not your game//-- you would have to share whatever changes you made to EasyRPG, and luckily our editor doesn't hold you to that. If you have to modify EasyRPG for your game, you will need to include what you changed along with the game's package (on the web or by retail box).
-You still can hold the full copyright over the game you made, of course if the game is made by you or you have the rights.
+This does not mean you transfer your game's copyrights to anyone else! You still hold it, because you made it. You're not obligated to release it under the same license.
-==== What if I include RTP replacement material in my game? ====
+==== Can I distribute a game I made with RTP replacement material? ====
-You can distribute it, sold or free (gratis), but you need to share the RTP replacement parts with their own license.
+Yes, but you would need to share the RTP replacement parts including their license(s).
 ==== What if I modify RTP replacement material for my game? ====
-The modifications will have the same license as the RTP replacement. If you want the full rights, make materials from scratch or make edited or copied materials from public domain materials.
+Then you would have to release it under the same share-alike license. You can only get the full rights when your derivative is not actually a derivative. Alternatively, you can look to the public domain or Creative Commons Attribution-licensed materials. The CC BY license only requires attribution (giving credit).
-==== Somebody has violated my rights over my game. Can I claim my rights? ====
+==== What rights are protected when I release a game? When does someone violate them? ====
-Of course, over your own parts. If the person just borrowed the free (libre) material parts of your game (player source code, RTP replacement material or derived works of them), it's legal because the license permits it. But if the person taken your own materials under your rights violating your license, you can claim your rights.
+The rights to your own assets. Free and open source components are not entirely yours, and any user who has used those components have not violated your rights. These components can be the EasyRPG Player, RTP replacement material //or for derivatives if they use the CC BY-SA license//, and it's within legal bounds because it's permitted by the license. Any user that has taken what is clearly your own original materials could be infringing your rights.
-==== Can I get a full rights from a specific RTP replacement material? ====
+==== Is it possible to have the RTP replacement's share-alike requirement waivered upon request? ====
-Just talk with the creator of that material. That person is the copyright holder and can make a custom license for you.
+That is up to their author to decide. Get in contact with them, and they can discuss custom licensing with you.
-==== Can I sell the EasyRPG software itself? ====
+==== Can I sell EasyRPG itself? ====
-Yes, you can. Remember you need to publish your source code changes if you make any modifications, sold or free (gratis), of a published distribution.
+Yes. Just be sure to include any changes you've made to the source code if any.
-==== I use a modified version of the EasyRPG editor not affecting the EasyRPG Player code but we want to distribute it. Can I distribute the game without distributing the source code of the editor? ====
+==== I'm using a modified editor that has no effect on the EasyRPG Player. Is it still possible to distribute my game without having to share the source code of the modified editor? ====
-When you distribute the game, you generally distribute EasyRPG player binary. If the binary is not a custom version, you not need to distribute code of the player, you simply can link to the site including these binary and source (typically the official project homepage).
+It's considered good practice to share changes with the community, but you're not obligated to share your changes if the Player's binary doesn't change. You could link to the EasyRPG site that includes the binaries and source; it's typically found at the homepage.
-If the editor is custom is not a problem because you did not made a distribution of the editor part, but if you make a modification affecting both player and editor, you need to redistribute the source code editor part only if you distribute a binary part of the editor (generally you will not need to do release it, but it you don't release the binary, it would be a good practice to share the sources to the community) and you need to redistribute the source code of the player part if you distribute the modified player binary.
 ===== About the player =====
-==== Will the game xx be working on EasyRPG? ====
+==== Will this game work with EasyRPG? ====
-The player wants to be 100% compatible with RPG Maker 2000 and 2003. If the game work with the original RPG Maker 2000 or 2003, the game should work with EasyRPG. If the game does not work, EasyRPG is not completed yet or it's a EasyRPG bug.
+We want 100% compatibility with RPG Maker 2000 and 2003 games so that when they run on the original engines, they also run here. Any game or feature in a game that does not work in EasyRPG when it does in RPG Maker should get a respective bug report or feature.
-==== My game use unofficial hacks, for example, Power Mode. Will my game work with EasyRPG? ====
+==== Will unofficial hacks like Power Mode or DynRPG work with EasyRPG? ====
-No, we don't know about Power Mode and any other unofficial hack and there are a bunch of them. Is hard to implement all of them without help or direct contribution of their authors in the EasyRPG code. Furthermore, there are few projects using these hacks, the priority is to emulate completely RPG Maker first.
+It's hard to tell; we don't know if they do, and it's difficult to account for them. We often need help from developers familiar with those hacks or their creators so that we can better focus on getting RPG Maker completely reimplemented.
-==== Can I run EasyRPG games on the xxx platform / operating system? ====
+==== Can I run games using EasyRPG on this platform or operating system? ====
-The EasyRPG player works with the widely ported SDL library. The rest of the player are platform independent code. Just see if SDL is ported to that platform / operating system.
+Probably. EasyRPG Player uses SDL on most platforms, which itself has been ported to a wide range of platforms.
 ===== About the editor =====
-==== Can I save modified RPG Maker 2000/2003 games in their own formats? ====
+==== I've modified a game that was made in RPG Maker. Can I save it back to RPG Maker's format? ====
-No, the EasyRPG editor only will import games and it will save them on a new, extensible format, supported by EasyRPG player.
-Is better to work on a new format because we can do anything without limitations. For example, we expect to make individual files for each database entry instead of big files, for easier sharing of resources between game developers. For example: data/actors/0001.xml (or any other extensible format, XML is just an example, too).
+Yes. EasyRPG Editor allows to load/save in native (LCF) RPG Maker format.
 ==== Will the editor have new features? ====
-Yes, but the first goal is to fully support RPG Maker 2000/2003 playing. The editor has less priority until the full emulation is done.
+It's planned, but our main priority is compatibility. That means the editor will get a smaller focus until the player is accurate. The editor's code depends a lot on the player and it needs to be stabilized first.
-The editor depends a lot of the player source code and it needs to be stabilized first, specially the RPG Maker file format reader.
 ===== About the goals =====
-==== When EasyRPG will be completed? ====
+==== When will the project be completed? ====
-When it will be done.
+When it finishes. We don't have a timeframe.
-Of course, if you contribute with the project, probably the project will be completed sooner. The most interested people in complete the project are working on it to make it possible, why you don't?
+If you want the project to be completed sooner, you can contribute! After all, the people most interested in EasyRPG are the ones working to complete it.