Comment by mananaysiempre
4 years ago
> Picking a license indicates what you are willing to have others do with your work.
Picking a license indicates what you are willing to have others do with your work without going after them with a threat of handcuffs and prison bars. I might not be willing to do or threaten (government-mediated) violence to someone for being an arsehole, and yet consider them an arsehole.
This seems pretty silly. It's a civil matter, isn't it? Has anyone ever gone to jail for violating an open source license?
You could simply choose to not pursue legal action against license violators. Choosing a permissive license and then complaining when people do what you gave them permission to do is just ridiculous.
You can goto jail for not paying a civil settlement. All laws are eventually backed by violence.
> It's a civil matter, isn't it?
No. Willful copyright infringement for commercial game is a crime. See 17 U.S.C. § 506(a).