[VOTING] Update to our Games Policy

Re: [VOTING] Update to our Games Policy

Wed, 09 Jul 2025 23:16:51 +0000

motion passes with 25 votes in favor.

worth noting: queerious' name has been removed from the policy and replaced with "contact a member of licensing" for the purposes of future-proofing.

Re: [VOTING] Update to our Games Policy

Wed, 09 Jul 2025 08:13:50 +0000

YEA	NAY
X*

Echoing the concern raised by the one named EstrellaYoshte. I will allow it for now, but we should change it some-day…

Re: [VOTING] Update to our Games Policy

Tue, 08 Jul 2025 23:02:01 +0000

YEA	NAY
🍞

Re: [VOTING] Update to our Games Policy

Tue, 08 Jul 2025 03:37:53 +0000

YEA	NAY
X

Re: [VOTING] Update to our Games Policy

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 23:48:42 +0000

YEA	NAY
👍

Re: [VOTING] Update to our Games Policy

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 15:46:24 +0000

YEA	NAY
👽

Re: [VOTING] Update to our Games Policy

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 14:19:01 +0000

YEA	NAY
X*

*Objecting to having a specific staff's name on our policy page of any kind, that will eventually haunt us for years to come - "contact a member of the licensing team." is fine.

Re: [VOTING] Update to our Games Policy

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 01:32:59 +0000

YEA	NAY
X

Re: [VOTING] Update to our Games Policy

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 01:01:52 +0000

YEA	NAY
X

Re: [VOTING] Update to our Games Policy

Sun, 06 Jul 2025 20:12:32 +0000

YEA	NAY
X

Re: [VOTING] Update to our Games Policy

Sun, 06 Jul 2025 19:56:42 +0000

YEA	NAY
✨

Re: [VOTING] Update to our Games Policy

Sun, 06 Jul 2025 19:52:05 +0000

YEA	NAY
🔵

Re: [VOTING] Update to our Games Policy

Sun, 06 Jul 2025 19:51:41 +0000

YEA	NAY
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Re: [VOTING] Update to our Games Policy

Sun, 06 Jul 2025 19:49:48 +0000

YEA	NAY
X

Re: [VOTING] Update to our Games Policy

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 13:22:00 +0000

YEA	NAY
X

Re: [VOTING] Update to our Games Policy

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 13:11:39 +0000

YEA	NAY
X

Re: [VOTING] Update to our Games Policy

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 11:37:13 +0000

YEA	NAY
X

Re: [VOTING] Update to our Games Policy

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 02:59:50 +0000

YEA	NAY
X

Re: [VOTING] Update to our Games Policy

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 23:51:01 +0000

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I give up on the formatting, I vote yea

Re: [VOTING] Update to our Games Policy

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 20:57:39 +0000

YEA	NAY
✔️

Re: [VOTING] Update to our Games Policy

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 19:13:57 +0000

YEA	NAY
X

Re: [VOTING] Update to our Games Policy

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 19:11:28 +0000

YEA	NAY
X

Re: [VOTING] Update to our Games Policy

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:57:46 +0000

YEA	NAY
X

Re: [VOTING] Update to our Games Policy

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:54:14 +0000

YEA	NAY
🐦‍⬛🎮

Re: [VOTING] Update to our Games Policy

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:53:39 +0000

YEA	NAY
X

Re: [VOTING] Update to our Games Policy

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:51:35 +0000

YEA	NAY
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[VOTING] Update to our Games Policy

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:50:23 +0000

This thread is for the purposes of voting in a new policy for video games licensing.

Discussion here.

Changes

1. We change the Licensing Guide's language to state the following:

Game Developers: Due to the complexities of the interactions between game engines, development and our site's license, we cannot give specific legal advice regarding how to comply with the license while making a game based on the SCP wiki. We suggest that any video game developers looking to create a game based on the SCP wiki seek their own legal counsel to assist in clarifying those specifics.

Suggested ways to disclose and properly attribute pages or content from the wiki is outlined in other sections of this guide. For further questions or suggestions of best practices, please contact Queerious, or another member of the licensing team.

2. We host a page on O5, for internal use, outlining the best practices a game developer can take, to stay compliant with the Wiki's license. This page does not constitute legal advice, and is stated outright at the top. The page will be provided to game developers on request, and subject to complying with the outlined suggestions, a game will be considered as a 'good faith attempt' to follow the Wiki's license, and licensing team will not pursue any corrections. In instances where a video game does not properly attribute the wiki, the Licensing team will be able to contact the developers regarding the issue, as with any other derived content. The contents of this internal page below:
https://05command.wikidot.com/games-licensing-guidelines

Reasoning

The current Licensing Guide outlines specific rules for the development of video games that are derived from the SCP Wiki. The listed rules are overly restrictive, and many of the largest current games based on the SCP Wiki do not comply with the license as written — notably, the current rules prevent the usage of any major Game Development Engine, presenting a major blocker to aspiring developers. As well, when contacted with questions regarding the current policy, Licensing staff is unable to give a solid answer, due to the non-enforceability of the current policy, without potentially providing information that is legally correct, but contradicts the policy.

Please vote on if you think that this should be our policy approach to video game licensing.

This vote will be open for 7 days.

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