Live - Just Barely!

And the new open-source MPQDraft is live... kind of! Well, the project is approved now, so I'll be adding files as I get them cleaned up and commented. At the same time I'm also doing various engine improvements, such as making the code 64-bit compatible (where possible), fixing some style issues, documenting the code, and in general making it more suitable for public viewing and reuse.

A few notes on the process. First, I'll upload files as soon as possible. I've got several of the core files done already, so I should have those up like today. The GUI stuff will take a bit longer, as it's both larger and more in need of cleanup :P Also, I'm a bit busy right now between school (have two tests next week, and I need to start working on my term paper), and work (have a new contract that needs doing in the next month or so), so things may be in limbo for a bit. Fortunately, I was able to recover the files already cleaned up after my main hard drive blew up on Wednesday (and I've spent the last 3 days reinstalling, and restoring as much as possible). As well, I'm not familiar with SourceForge, so it may take me a bit to get everything figured out, as far as services and administration are concerned.

As for licensing. As I mentioned on the couple sites, most of MPQDraft (all of my code, that is) will be available under the CDDL (I'll probably post a justification for my choice of the CDDL on my blog at some point). There are a few pieces that will (or may) have more restrictive licenses. I found that a couple GUI library files (such as the progress dialog, and a bitmap dialog class) were from CodeGuru. These are freely available code, but they have the restriction that you can't use it in commercial software without explicit permission from the author (as opposed to the CDDL, which allows the use of code in commercial software). I'm gonna try e-mailing the authors and see if they'll agree to license it under the CDDL.

Other than that, there are the game icons. These are owned by Blizzard. Blizzard's policy has been to allow people to use game material like them for noncommercial purposes, as long as you use them the way they were intended (to refer to the games they came from). This permits their use in MPQDraft as free software, but you'll have to figure something out if you want to sell it (or anything containing those icons) :P