Timeline for I made an HTML5/Javascript game. Do I have to license it?
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
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| Jun 28, 2011 at 20:20 | comment | added | Jacob | Thanks again! I am starting to get a basic understanding of this copyright and license thing :/ (very confusing!) Anyways, about your recommendations, so far the only one i'm thinking of using is the Creative commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA because it allows others to play my game and even play around with the game code a bit but credit me fully. | |
| Jun 28, 2011 at 20:02 | comment | added | mac | @Jacob - There are two different problems here. One is the fact they use your code. The other is that they sue you. The first problem is tricky and you should check with a copyright barrister in your country: if you code is currently accessible without a copyright notice / license, in some country they might consider it as "in the public domain", so they 'bad guys' would have the right to use it. The second problem is easy: if you can demonstrate you wrote the code, they can't sue you. The intellectual property is automatically given to the creator of whater is being created. HTH! | |
| Jun 28, 2011 at 19:53 | comment | added | Jacob | Thanks for your tips! I have another question, say if someone took my game, put it on their website, put their name all over it, and possibly copywrited it and licensed it too. Then say they try to sue me, can they? Should i copywrite my work? Or should i copywrite it and license it? Or nothing...? | |
| Jun 28, 2011 at 19:39 | history | edited | mac | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 370 characters in body |
| Jun 28, 2011 at 19:29 | history | answered | mac | CC BY-SA 3.0 |