Thermophob
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Well, my whole point is that you cant separate those libraries from random RenPy game. I mean, RenPy itself cant be separated from those libraries. LGPL makes difference between a software that uses a library, and one that is derivative work.Many commercial software products are shipped with libraries protected by LGPL. They do mention those libraries in their licences and have added LGPL licence to their documentation. These libraries can easily be separated from the rest of the files, as they exist as separate files or folders.
Here is the paragraph from LGPL:
Now, what of following any RenPy creator implements? I am not trying to be smartass here, but vast majority of them don't even have enough of knowledge to implement point d0) or d1) (Which would made it for them possible to copyright a game. They chose RenPy precisely because it's doesn't require advanced programming knowledge. They are for most part 3d artists.4. Combined Works.
You may convey a Combined Work under terms of your choice that, taken together, effectively do not restrict modification of the portions of the Library contained in the Combined Work and reverse engineering for debugging such modifications, if you also do each of the following:
- a) Give prominent notice with each copy of the Combined Work that the Library is used in it and that the Library and its use are covered by this License.
- b) Accompany the Combined Work with a copy of the GNU GPL and this license document.
- c) For a Combined Work that displays copyright notices during execution, include the copyright notice for the Library among these notices, as well as a reference directing the user to the copies of the GNU GPL and this license document.
- d) Do one of the following:
- 0) Convey the Minimal Corresponding Source under the terms of this License, and the Corresponding Application Code in a form suitable for, and under terms that permit, the user to recombine or relink the Application with a modified version of the Linked Version to produce a modified Combined Work, in the manner specified by section 6 of the GNU GPL for conveying Corresponding Source.
- 1) Use a suitable shared library mechanism for linking with the Library. A suitable mechanism is one that (a) uses at run time a copy of the Library already present on the user's computer system, and (b) will operate properly with a modified version of the Library that is interface-compatible with the Linked Version.
- e) Provide Installation Information, but only if you would otherwise be required to provide such information under section 6 of the GNU GPL, and only to the extent that such information is necessary to install and execute a modified version of the Combined Work produced by recombining or relinking the Application with a modified version of the Linked Version. (If you use option 4d0, the Installation Information must accompany the Minimal Corresponding Source and Corresponding Application Code. If you use option 4d1, you must provide the Installation Information in the manner specified by section 6 of the GNU GPL for conveying Corresponding Source.)
PS, as you may see it mentions copyright notices. We played hundreds of games here, I don't know single RenPy game with copyright notices.
And outside of EU it depends on agreements of EU and other governments. Anyway, it's not major issue here.Everything that a game dev creates (scripts, images, animations, sounds) is protected by copyright from the moment of creation in the EU:You must be registered to see the links
I don't know under what kind of license DAZ models are published, and what rights customer gets with purchase of model. Many people are guessing here, me included, but unless we actually see, it's only guessing.For example, DAZ model files belong to their creators, but an image file that uses these models belongs to the person who combined those files and positioned the models and rendered the image.