Any reason not to post a game file for testing publicly if the game isn't for a comp?

[jnelson (Jim Nelson)]

@Piergiorgio_d_errico

the informal “Zarf license” (roughly, “the coding is open source, but the narration is mine”)

Whoa, never heard of this before. For others benefit, I found this message where Zarf explains it:

How to provide the source code for Inform 7 games on copyright?

Copyright applies equally to prose and source code. So a listing of the source code can be copyrighted (and registered) with no problem. The tricky part is when you want to release your game mechanics under one license but keep your prose under a different license. I have most of my games up under an informal license that says “For educational use only – you can learn from my code but don’t copy my game text.” This isn’t really legally supportable but it’s never been a problem. If you want to …