HiddenChest RGSS Player Executable

[schM0ggi]

As far as I am concerned, both mkxp and HiddenChest should be licensed under the GNU General Public License v2+, especially all mkxp derived works like HiddenChest itself. So google it and you will get your answer.

Just had a quick look, i'm at work at the moment, but as i understand it, my game has to be under GNU GPL when it is distributed (and uses) with some GNU GPL library, executeables etc. I can sell it but have to provide sourcecode (my game, yes) if asked and as soon as someone buys it, he can distribute it for free because it is GNU GPL. This makes it useless to sell something in the first place :D. But maybe i am wrong. Well, you could sell the game without the GNU GPL components and/or provide additional link to download the stuff afterwards with credits etc. That would be a possibilty and the need to share my game under GNU GPL is no more.

Games, distributed with mkxp/hiddenchest are still made with RPG Maker Software...

That is not quite accurate, my friend. It should say "are still partially made with RPG Maker software" in order to stress out that it is a free implementation of MANY features already available in RPG Maker games (plus a couple of free functions added by Ancurio like the mouse related ones or my custom Ruby classes or modules plus the higher windows resolutions). Obviously, you will need to make the corresponding payments to the RM representative if you sell your games, but I doubt Ancurio will ever ask you to pay him any buck at all. I do not recall the GPL license would ever allow me to sell the HiddenChest player executable as a whole product. Ruby's creator Matz will not ask you to make any payment.

Well, i think it is. See it this way: You create a game with only RPG Maker XP, no custom editor or alike involved (thats what i am talking about). In the creation process the mkxp stuff is not part of it. The game runs standalone with XP's own Library without the need of mkxp. The mkxp components are just used afterwards to make it smoother. That requires, ofcourse, that you do not make your game depending on some Features only provided with the mkxp stuff. But i don's see a problem there.

EDIT:

Found this:

In addition, mere aggregation of another work not based on the Program
with the Program (or with a work based on the Program) on a volume of
a storage or distribution medium does not bring the other work under
the scope of this License.

That would be my case/question. Sounds for me that distributing and selling the game, usint it but not depending on the mkxp components, with the components is okay and the game itself does not fall under GNU GPL. But i will have a closer look afterwards :D.

greetz