Show HN: I open-sourced my Steam game, 100% written in Lua, engine is also open
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15 hours ago
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Homebrew engine https://github.com/willtobyte/carimbo
katdork
6 hours ago
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It isn't open source, it's source available. You have not licensed your source code, it is thus under copyright.

Please read the open source definition; https://opensource.org/osd.

There are other phrases that are usable, such as source first (in the case of FUTO licenses) or source available (when source is under copyright but is provided).

The engine, being actually MIT, is however open source.

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sourcegrift
6 hours ago
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"open source" is not a trademark. Technically he can say whatever.
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pinkmuffinere
5 hours ago
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I don’t think Katdork is claiming the phrase “open source” is protected. He’s just saying it’s inaccurate in this case. Like claiming a fish has arms — the statement is legal, it’s just wrong.
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delduca
12 hours ago
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bradym
14 hours ago
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There's nothing in that repo showing what the game actually is? And url the repo is pointing at (https://reprobate.site/) is asking for login credentials.
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delduca
12 hours ago
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You are right. I have added a comment.
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justinclift
4 hours ago
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Is the comment in the README.md, or ? :)
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Kinrany
10 hours ago
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No license too.
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remipch
5 hours ago
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Thank you for sharing, I'm just starting to dig into Lua language and Love2D game engine.

I will explore your game source too.

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romperstomper
8 hours ago
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Thanks for sharing! Good old README.md in the repo would not hurt :)
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remipch
5 hours ago
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There is "MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE.txt".

The first game here is to understand what the code does without a high-level README.

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delduca
1 hour ago
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Now it have a LICESE file, I am working on a README.md.
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