I hate it when people use Github and pretend an application is open source when in fact they only host a couple of screenshots and a binary download. The “source code” download only contains the screenshots and the Readme.
I think the source code download is automatically added by GitHub when you create a release in a project, and I don’t know that there’s any way to remove it. So I don’t think the “source code” download is necessarily intentionally misleading, but apart from that, yeah, you’re absolutely right. It is a bit of a shitty way to use GitHub.
So I don’t think the “source code” download is necessarily intentionally misleading
The source code archives weren’t explicitly placed by that person but everyone who ever used Github knows exactly that this happens. Even a quick glance at the URL suggests it’s an open source implementation of the engine.
That was my exact reaction too, but then I remembered that the source that this source-port is based on was not officially released. It was leaked a little while back (last year?), so that means if the authors of this source port make the source available then they could be liable for a DMCA takedown request or a copyright lawsuit.
They could make their changes available as a patch-set though, requiring end-users to locate a copy of the leaked source themselves and apply the patches.
this source-port is based on was not officially released. It was leaked a little while back (last year?), so that means if the authors of this source port make the source available then they could be liable for a DMCA takedown request or a copyright lawsuit.
That’s in no way different with a binary-only release and also not a good reason to mislead people on top of that.
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I hate it when people use Github and pretend an application is open source when in fact they only host a couple of screenshots and a binary download. The “source code” download only contains the screenshots and the Readme.
I think the source code download is automatically added by GitHub when you create a release in a project, and I don’t know that there’s any way to remove it. So I don’t think the “source code” download is necessarily intentionally misleading, but apart from that, yeah, you’re absolutely right. It is a bit of a shitty way to use GitHub.
The source code archives weren’t explicitly placed by that person but everyone who ever used Github knows exactly that this happens. Even a quick glance at the URL suggests it’s an open source implementation of the engine.
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That was my exact reaction too, but then I remembered that the source that this source-port is based on was not officially released. It was leaked a little while back (last year?), so that means if the authors of this source port make the source available then they could be liable for a DMCA takedown request or a copyright lawsuit.
They could make their changes available as a patch-set though, requiring end-users to locate a copy of the leaked source themselves and apply the patches.
That’s in no way different with a binary-only release and also not a good reason to mislead people on top of that.