Hi!
Ready for a small devlog about licenses? Grab a coffee, and let's go!
Yeah, it's boring, but it's the first thing to do if you don't want problems later...

So, first of all, what is a license?

You may not know, but "Crate Pusher" is opensource. It means that it's source code is accessible to anyone!
It means that, if you are willing to, you can modify the game and change whatever you want!
Or just have a look at how it works, that's nice too (spoiler, it's a huge mess because I coded it in a very short time XD )

Good! So, why the headache?

Well... You see, the GBCompo gives a bonus if the game is "Open Source", more precisely (and I didn't saw it at first) FOSS (Free Open Source Software).
So, what's the difference between "Open Source" and "Free" ?
Some guys at GNU.org (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html) will answer it way more precisely than me, but to try to summary:
- Open Source allow anyone to view the source and do more or less things with it,
- Free allows "anyone to do everything they want" with it.

Great! So, that's easy, right, just put "Free Open Source" somewhere, right?

Unfortunately, nope, it's not that simple.
You see, some people (understand companies here), are very eager to take, but rarely give back.
So, a handful of boring per...I mean lawyers, wrote texts to clearly state things and prevent any collar thief (among others).
And, mare, here comes the fun...
You have many MANY licenses, each doing the same thing but with it's own twist, or doing entirely it's own thing.
And you can chose between a lot, whatever you want to allow of prevent.

You lost me at lawyer

Yeah, I know. That's why I took so long to choose my licenses.
So, in the end, I selected:
For the code for the compo:
"The Unlicense" (more or less an "official" version of "Public Domain" or "I give everything for the whole world to enjoy")
For the code after the compo:
"PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0" (basically, do what you want, but cite me as the author, use the same license if you change things and don't sell it! )
And for the arts (yes, these use a different license...):
"Creative Commons BY-NC-SA V4" (basically, do what you want, but cite me as the author (BY), use the same license if you change things (SA) and don't sell it!(NC) )

I... I need an aspirin...

Eyup.
And you didn't had to read multiple licenses, and compare things to find the one that matches what you want XD

Next time, we will talk about something more fun, musics! Yay!
So stay tuned, and see you next time!