Hi! I’m new in corona SDK . I worked on the tutorial especially the star explore and I make a game a little bit similar.
My question is Can I sell my game on play store which is similar to yours because I copied some code from your tutorials and I used one design from yours too.
Thank you.
I’m pretty sure is under our normal MIT license: https://www.coronalabs.com/links/code/license though we don’t specifically say so. I’ll need to verify that and get the guide updated, but I don’t see a reason why it wouldn’t fall under that license.
That said, if hundreds of Corona developers run though the tutorial, build Star Explorer and submit it to the store, there will be hundreds of the same game in the store. You need to do something to set yourself apart from the crowd. I would think at a minimum you would want to rename the game, change out the art assets, add more unique features to the game before you publish it.
Rob
thank you I understand
HI again in the same topic (copyrights) I change the game (name ,background ,some sound effects …) But I keep some of same designs and sounds there. So to make all things clear can I publish this game ( the new one ) on the play store.
I’m asking this to avoid any problems with corona.
The reason of this that I’m new in android and I want to learn how the play store is working.
If there is a possibility to give me an official answer I will be so glad
And I hope that you will accept this for encouraging new developers to learn more with corona.
Thank you so much.
We have updated the hosted repos with this copyright block at the top of main.lua:
–
– Copyright © 2016 Corona Labs Inc.
– Code is MIT licensed and can be reused, see https://www.coronalabs.com/links/code/license
– Other assets are licensed by their creators:
– Art assets by Kenney: http://kenney.nl/assets
– Music and sound effect assets by Eric Matyas: http://www.soundimage.org
–
What this translates to is this:
The code: It’s free and can be reused and published if you like.
The artwork: According to the kenney.nl website:
License : (CC0 1.0 Universal) You’re free to use these game assets in any project, personal or commercial. There’s no need to ask permission before using these. Giving attribution is not required, but is greatly appreciated!
CC0 or Creative Commons 0 is Public Domain. You don’t have to credit them, but it’s appreciated. Their website also operates on donations. You should consider making a donation to them. But they are free to use in a commercial app.
The audio tracks: These are from Eric Matyas at http://soundimage.org. He makes his music and SFX free to use as well, however he does have an attribution requirement. You would need to add a visible credit somewhere in the app that handles his attribution requirements. They are listed on his home page. He is also a donation supported site.
Now all that said, yes, you can publish StarExplorer as long as you meet the attribution requirements for the audio. I would change the app icon as well to not have the Corona logo.
Rob
Rob
I’m pretty sure is under our normal MIT license: https://www.coronalabs.com/links/code/license though we don’t specifically say so. I’ll need to verify that and get the guide updated, but I don’t see a reason why it wouldn’t fall under that license.
That said, if hundreds of Corona developers run though the tutorial, build Star Explorer and submit it to the store, there will be hundreds of the same game in the store. You need to do something to set yourself apart from the crowd. I would think at a minimum you would want to rename the game, change out the art assets, add more unique features to the game before you publish it.
Rob
thank you I understand
HI again in the same topic (copyrights) I change the game (name ,background ,some sound effects …) But I keep some of same designs and sounds there. So to make all things clear can I publish this game ( the new one ) on the play store.
I’m asking this to avoid any problems with corona.
The reason of this that I’m new in android and I want to learn how the play store is working.
If there is a possibility to give me an official answer I will be so glad
And I hope that you will accept this for encouraging new developers to learn more with corona.
Thank you so much.
We have updated the hosted repos with this copyright block at the top of main.lua:
–
– Copyright © 2016 Corona Labs Inc.
– Code is MIT licensed and can be reused, see https://www.coronalabs.com/links/code/license
– Other assets are licensed by their creators:
– Art assets by Kenney: http://kenney.nl/assets
– Music and sound effect assets by Eric Matyas: http://www.soundimage.org
–
What this translates to is this:
The code: It’s free and can be reused and published if you like.
The artwork: According to the kenney.nl website:
License : (CC0 1.0 Universal) You’re free to use these game assets in any project, personal or commercial. There’s no need to ask permission before using these. Giving attribution is not required, but is greatly appreciated!
CC0 or Creative Commons 0 is Public Domain. You don’t have to credit them, but it’s appreciated. Their website also operates on donations. You should consider making a donation to them. But they are free to use in a commercial app.
The audio tracks: These are from Eric Matyas at http://soundimage.org. He makes his music and SFX free to use as well, however he does have an attribution requirement. You would need to add a visible credit somewhere in the app that handles his attribution requirements. They are listed on his home page. He is also a donation supported site.
Now all that said, yes, you can publish StarExplorer as long as you meet the attribution requirements for the audio. I would change the app icon as well to not have the Corona logo.
Rob
Rob