From 2999e69f0ff1a8e09d7ef625f73bb3559e181e69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: LennyMcLennington Date: Mon, 30 May 2022 23:05:29 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Change forking policy a bit Ask people forking PolyMC to make it clear that their fork is not endorsed by us. --- README.md | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index a08d5dc0..e4b9ebcd 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -80,12 +80,17 @@ To modify download information or change packaging information send a pull reque ## Forking/Redistributing/Custom builds policy -Do whatever you want, we don't care. Just follow the license. If you have any questions about this feel free to ask in an issue. +We don't care what you do with your fork as long as you do the following as a basic courtesy: +- Follow the terms of the [license](LICENSE) (not just a courtesy, but also a legal responsibility) +- Make it clear that your fork is not PolyMC and is not endorsed by or affiliated with the PolyMC project (https://polymc.org). +- If you are distributing this fork, go through [CMakeLists.txt](CMakeLists.txt) and change PolyMC's API keys to your own or set them to empty strings (`""`) to disable them (this way the program will still compile but the functionality requiring to those keys will be disabled). + +If you have any questions or want any clarification on the above conditions please make an issue and ask us. Be aware that if you build this software without removing the provided API keys in [CMakeLists.txt](CMakeLists.txt) you are accepting the following terms and conditions: - [Microsoft Identity Platform Terms of Use](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/microsoft-identity-platform/terms-of-use) - [CurseForge 3rd Party API Terms and Conditions](https://support.curseforge.com/en/support/solutions/articles/9000207405-curse-forge-3rd-party-api-terms-and-conditions) -If you do not agree with these terms and conditions, then remove the associated API keys from the [CMakeLists.txt](CMakeLists.txt) file. +If you do not agree with these terms and conditions, then remove the associated API keys from the [CMakeLists.txt](CMakeLists.txt) file by setting them to an empty string (`""`). All launcher code is available under the GPL-3.0-only license.