Distrib.reld
This is a lump in RELOAD format. it contains persistant metadata for exporting the game to various distribution packages, as well as for generating/exporting standard README.txt files
- distrib - root container node
- pkgname string - the package name to export to. If missing or blank, a default value based on the rpg file name will be used instead.
- gamename string - the full name of the game. If missing or blank, a sanitized version of the long name in the GEN lump will be used
- author string - the name of the game author or authors
- email string - the author's e-mail address
- website string - the author's website
- description string - a single paragraph description with automatic line wrapping. This will be the first paragraph of the generated README
- more_description string - Any additional text that should follow the first paragraph in the generated README.
- license string - should be one of a pre-set list of license strings
- copyright_year string - four digit year when copyright starts, or a range of years (defaults to the current year when you first export your game)
Example values for the license field (Not an exhaustive list)
| license | Rendered in generated README.txt | extra files included | Info URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| COPYRIGHT | (C) Copyright YYYY <authorname> All Rights Reserved | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright | |
| PUBLICDOMAIN | Copyright released by <authorname> into the Public Domain | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain | |
| GPL | (C) Copyright YYYY <authorname>\nReleased under the terms of the GPL, see LICENSE.txt for details | Full copy of GPL | https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html |
| CC-BY | (C) Copyright YYYY <authorname>\nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License | Full copy of CC-BY License | https://creativecommons.org/choose/ |
Other Creative Commons licenses should be supported too, not just CC-BY, but I see no need to type them all out in detail here.
If the game author wants a custom license, they should choose COPYRIGHT and then type their license in the description or more_description section.
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