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PlayStation 1 emulator DuckStation changes license for no commercial use and no derivatives (it's no longer open source) https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/playstation-1-emulator-duckstation-changes-license-for-no-commercial-use-and-no-derivatives/

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PlayStation 1 emulator DuckStation changes license for no commercial use and no derivatives

There's been a bit of a furore in the emulation community lately centred around the PlayStation 1 emulator DuckStation, which has now seen two license changes recently.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#emulation #playstation
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Trey Fordham
Trey Fordham
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but the source is still there, the binaries are still available, and I could still build the package from source for myself, right? right???
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Trey Fordham
Trey Fordham
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@pgronkievitz I'm reading the license on the Creative Commons website, but from my understanding (I am not a lawyer), merely building from source is not a derivative. Even then if I did modify the code I am restricted from distributing, which if I am only building it for personal use is completely fine. I believe I would have to be able to build and modify the code personally if I was going to contribute back to the upstream.
@Patryk
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Flaky :blue_jay:​
Flaky :blue_jay:​
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eh, if this is what he has to do to prevent the emulator taking over his real life, so be it.
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lime!
lime!
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i don't think they actually know how the gpl works, because i'm pretty sure you can't do that
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Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮
Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮
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@lime if you have the agreement of contributors, you can do whatever you want, it's your project, but anyone can also fork from when it was gpl and continue it
@lime!
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jeffeb3
jeffeb3
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This should restrict companies like Ubuntu or Red Hat from making it available in their repos, AFAIK. Bummer.
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TruckStopSantaClaus
TruckStopSantaClaus
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I think it's kinda understandable when your free software, is being used for cheap retro devices for a quick buck. Still wish there was a better way to handle this.
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tical
tical
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Dick move but its kinda understandable given that RetroArch essentially distributes his work w/o forking or contributing.

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