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| − | + | In the past few days, especially after the community released some android builds of the engine, apps like “Starve game”, “Lime Minetest”, and the erstwhile “BuildCraft” have been cropping up in Google Play and the App Store. Simply put, these builds are simply a repackaging of the Minetest engine and subgame. These Minetest builds are usually obsolete, and do not undergo the rigorous testing subject to the Minetest engine. | |
| − | + | The LGPL 2.1+ free software license, under which Minetest is distributed ''does'' allow implicit distribution of the compiled game, and subsequent modifications that are distributed by default. | |
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| − | The LGPL | ||
Most games that use Minetest as their source for their (non-free?) version only link back to the original source code, not the modified source code, which must be made free for all paying (or not) paying users of the program. | Most games that use Minetest as their source for their (non-free?) version only link back to the original source code, not the modified source code, which must be made free for all paying (or not) paying users of the program. | ||
| − | Please look at: http://www.flightgear.org/flightprosim.html | + | ''Please look at: [http://www.flightgear.org/flightprosim.html FlightGear] as they have the same issue as Minetest has.'' |
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| − | ==List of known Minetest forks | + | == List of known Minetest forks and those recognized by the community == |
These are community recognized forks, or modifications to the original Minetest game, that operate under the LGPL and/or GPL, and are free to download, play and modify. | These are community recognized forks, or modifications to the original Minetest game, that operate under the LGPL and/or GPL, and are free to download, play and modify. | ||
| − | === | + | === Freeminer === |
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| − | + | [http://freeminer.org '''Freeminer'''] is an ongoing project started by ex-Minetest developers who wanted to merge some exciting features into the main engine. Unfortunately, the features they worked on caused performance issues with the game, due to which those patches were rejected. Disillusioned by the lack of innovative development,these developers split off from the main Minetest engine, and decided to create a voxel engine where perfection is not paramount, and the main target is to make new features. | |
| − | === | + | === Minetest Classic === |
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| − | + | [http://minetest-classic.com '''Minetest Classic'''] is a fork of Minetest 0.3.1, which is a heavily modified version and licensed under GPL 3+, which has much more content than what the vanilla Minetest 0.3.1 contained, like farming, new biomes and more tools. | |
Revision as of 16:55, 9 July 2014
In the past few days, especially after the community released some android builds of the engine, apps like “Starve game”, “Lime Minetest”, and the erstwhile “BuildCraft” have been cropping up in Google Play and the App Store. Simply put, these builds are simply a repackaging of the Minetest engine and subgame. These Minetest builds are usually obsolete, and do not undergo the rigorous testing subject to the Minetest engine.
The LGPL 2.1+ free software license, under which Minetest is distributed does allow implicit distribution of the compiled game, and subsequent modifications that are distributed by default.
Most games that use Minetest as their source for their (non-free?) version only link back to the original source code, not the modified source code, which must be made free for all paying (or not) paying users of the program.
Please look at: FlightGear as they have the same issue as Minetest has.
List of known Minetest forks and those recognized by the community
These are community recognized forks, or modifications to the original Minetest game, that operate under the LGPL and/or GPL, and are free to download, play and modify.
Freeminer
Freeminer is an ongoing project started by ex-Minetest developers who wanted to merge some exciting features into the main engine. Unfortunately, the features they worked on caused performance issues with the game, due to which those patches were rejected. Disillusioned by the lack of innovative development,these developers split off from the main Minetest engine, and decided to create a voxel engine where perfection is not paramount, and the main target is to make new features.
Minetest Classic
Minetest Classic is a fork of Minetest 0.3.1, which is a heavily modified version and licensed under GPL 3+, which has much more content than what the vanilla Minetest 0.3.1 contained, like farming, new biomes and more tools.