Solved Are plugins opensource or are they locked?

Discussion in 'Rust Development' started by ozimoto, Feb 23, 2016.

  1. ozimoto

    ozimoto

    I don't know anything about or making plugins. I'd like to learn and contribute. Sorry if this has been asked before.
     
    ozimoto, Feb 23, 2016
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  2. Wulf

    Wulf Community Admin

    All plugins have the source viewable, but that doesn't mean they are free to copy/paste, as authors generally still hold the copyright to their own code used in each plugin and would be considered All Rights Reserved unless otherwise specified.
     
    Wulf, Feb 23, 2016
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  3. ozimoto

    ozimoto

    Thanks, Wulf.
     
    ozimoto, Feb 23, 2016
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  4. sqroot

    sqroot

    What license are the plugins licensed in?
    I always assumed that it's public domain (didn't exactly look for anything, though).
    If I don't want my plugins to be licensed by whatever license is the default, is adding a license header to the plugin enough?
     
    sqroot, Feb 23, 2016
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  5. Wulf

    Wulf Community Admin

    Generally when a license is not attached to something, it is considered All Rights Reserved unless otherwise specified. You should be able to license them with whatever you'd like, unless it somehow conflicts with Oxide's license (unlikely as it's MIT.)
     
    Wulf, Feb 23, 2016
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  6. sqroot

    sqroot

    Oh, alright.
    You're right, for most countries the default is All Rights Reserved, but as far as I know in some countries the default is public domain as well.
    Sounds like I'll have to attach some MIT licenses to my plugins now.
     
    sqroot, Feb 23, 2016
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