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another idea could be adding an installer where you choose what version,mods,and tezturepacks could be added. Right now, the most important part is to break that darned "Minetest is cool, but I want a Minecraft server because none of my friends have Minetest" parole by providing a Minetes...

Hi, But this post is also about other ways of distribution - I have planned to build Minetest install CDs for Windows as well, containing an installer for the game and popular mods, and hand them out to kids I know so they can see that Minetest is a lot more than just a Minecraft clone. -nik That is...

Hi, What separates LGPL from GPL? the GPL forces all derivative works to be under GPL again. LGPL says you can link against it as a library, without putting your code under GPL. In essence, Minetest's LGPL license allows for proprietary or differently-licensed mods - which created the chaos at hand ...

How exactly is WTFPL not good? I don't see any problem with it. Some jurisdictions are still very unclear about open source licenses. As a Linux distribution, we have to make sure that the software we include can be legally distributed in all countries. This is why it is questionnable to include so...

Hi, Is it a problem that all my mods have a "rolling release" model? I dont really maintain any releases, I just push to my repo and note something in the forum topic. It is not a problem. A well-planned release model certainly makes life easier for packagers. As far as Debian is concerned...

PilzAdam wrote:

Natureshadow wrote:same license as Minetest itself, which is GPL version 2 or later

No, Minetest uses LGPL 2.1 or later.

Sorry, I mixed something up there. Corrected, thanks!

Hi mod devs, during the last weeks, I have taken up the task of getting the most popular minetest mods into the Debian GNU/Linux distribution. This is quite important, as the availability of Minetest as a free (and great) alternative to Minecraft and other modern games within popular Linux distribut...