community. To help with this, there are a few rules to improve the quality of
the listings and to combat abuse.
-* No inappropriate content. <sup>2.1</sup>
-* Content must be playable/useful, but not necessarily finished. <sup>2.2</sup>
-* Don't use the name of another mod unless your mod is a fork or reimplementation. <sup>3</sup>
-* Licenses must allow derivatives, redistribution, and must not discriminate. <sup>4</sup>
-* Don't put promotions or advertisements in package listings, except for
- donation and personal website links which are permitted in the
- long description. <sup>5</sup>
-* The ContentDB admin reserves the right to remove packages for any reason,
+* **No inappropriate content.** <sup>2.1</sup>
+* **Content must be playable/useful, but not necessarily finished.** <sup>2.2</sup>
+* **Don't use the name of another mod unless your mod is a fork or reimplementation.** <sup>3</sup>
+* **Licenses must allow derivatives, redistribution, and must not discriminate.** <sup>4</sup>
+* **Don't put promotions or advertisements in any package metadata.** <sup>5</sup>
+* **The ContentDB admin reserves the right to remove packages for any reason**,
including ones not covered by this document, and to ban users who abuse
this service. <sup>1</sup>
The ContentDB admin reserves the right to remove packages for any reason,
including ones not covered by this document, and to ban users who abuse this service.
-Also see the [help page on tags](/help/package_tags/).
-
## 2. Accepted Content
Mature content, including that relating to drugs, excessive gore, violence, or
excessive horror, is not currently permitted - but will be in the future.
-The submission of malware is strictly prohibited. This includes software which
-does not do as it advertises, for example if it posts telemetry without stating
+The submission of malware is strictly prohibited. This includes software that
+does not do as it advertises, for example, if it posts telemetry without stating
clearly that it does in the package meta.
### 2.2. State of Completion
ContentDB should only currently contain playable content - content which is
-sufficiently complete to be useful to end users. It's fine to add stuff which
-is still a work in progress (WIP) as long as it adds sufficient value -
+sufficiently complete to be useful to end-users. It's fine to add stuff which
+is still a Work in Progress (WIP) as long as it adds sufficient value -
MineClone 2 is a good example of a WIP package which may break between releases
but still has value. Note that this doesn't mean that you should add a thing
you started working on yesterday, it's worth adding all the basic stuff to
### 3.1 Right to a name
The first package to use a name based on the creation of its forum topic or
-contentdb submission has the right to the technical name. The use of a package
+ContentDB submission has the right to the technical name. The use of a package
on a server or in private doesn't reserve its name. No other packages of the same
type may use the same name, except for the exception given by 3.2.
### 3.2. Mod Forks and Reimplementations
An exception to the above is that mods are allowed to have the same name as a
-mod if its a fork of that mod (or a close reimplementation). In real terms, it
+mod if it's a fork of that mod (or a close reimplementation). In real terms, it
should be possible to use the new mod as a drop-in replacement.
We reserve the right to decide whether a mod counts as a fork or
Please ensure that you correctly credit any resources (code, assets, or otherwise)
that you have used in your package.
-**The use of licenses which do not allow derivatives or redistribution is not
+**The use of licenses that do not allow derivatives or redistribution is not
permitted. This includes CC-ND (No-Derivatives) and lots of closed source licenses.
-The use of licenses which discriminate between groups of people or forbid the use
+The use of licenses that discriminate between groups of people or forbid the use
of the content on servers or singleplayer is also not permitted.**
However, closed sourced licenses are allowed if they allow the above.
### 4.2. Recommended Licenses
-It is highly recommended that you use a free and open source software license.
-FOSS licenses result in a sharing community and will increase the number of potential users your package has.
-Using a closed source license will result in your package being massively penalised in the search results and package lists.
+It is highly recommended that you use a Free and Open Source software (FOSS)
+license. FOSS licenses result in a sharing community and will increase the
+number of potential users your package has. Using a closed source license will
+result in your package being massively penalised in the search results and
+package lists. See the help page on [non-free licenses](/help/non_free/) for more
+information.
It is recommended that you use a proper license for code with a warranty
disclaimer, such as the (L)GPL or MIT. You should also use a proper media license
for media, such as a Creative Commons license.
-The use of WTFPL is discouraged as it doesn't contain a [valid warranty disclaimer](https://cubicspot.blogspot.com/2017/04/wtfpl-is-harmful-to-software-developers.html),
+The use of WTFPL is discouraged as it doesn't contain a
+[valid warranty disclaimer](https://cubicspot.blogspot.com/2017/04/wtfpl-is-harmful-to-software-developers.html),
and also includes swearing which prevents settings like schools from using your content.
[Read more](/help/wtfpl/).
## 5. Promotions and Advertisements (inc. asking for donations)
-You may note place any promotions or advertisements in any meta data including
+You may not place any promotions or advertisements in any meta data including
screenshots. This includes asking for donations, promoting online shops,
or linking to personal websites and social media. Please instead use the
fields provided on your user profile page to place links to websites and
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