Development Rules

Note: these rules are WIP! TODO: add

- http://springrts.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17847
- http://springrts.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=23418
- http://etherpad.springrts.com/p/r.HBQmr0nvFuzEbpkD

Respect Licenses

We know about our history but we wan't make the future better: We don't respect license violations that are introduced by new projects. GPL doesn't allow to link closed-source code to GPL'ed binaries.

Some examples: This implicates that for example Lobbies that use unitsync have to be at least GPL, AI's written in C/C++ have to be GPL as well. Lua-Code that includes GPL has to be GPL, too. If a modified Spring Engine is released somewhere else, the used Code has to be released as GPL code, too.

Don't use names of existing projects

If you create a new Game/Map/AI/Engine/Fork, don't use the same or a similar name of existing projects. If you want / have to, then ask the authors of the existing projects if its ok or not. We see project names similar to trademarks.

BA contains an example about this.

Speak / Ask!

If you have questions, speak with others! Ask! We are humans, we all make mistakes.

Consequences

If you violate these rule(s), you/ your project / link to your project / autohost / ... will be banned and removed from our sites when you don't fix the violation.