the BSD license, 3 clause, phohibits usage of the name of the project (JMonkeyEngine, Lemur) and its contributors to promote a derived project w/o permission.
promotion in which way: github’s README.md, which content can be searched thru google? or a youtube promo video?
in my case, I am creating a project that depends on JME and Lemur.
It requires both to work, is a technical reason.
I think I did even worse, I used the letters “…JME” on the project short name’s ending (that composes its URL).
I could just put the libraries or their reference on the project and do not speak about their names at README.md, no problem at all.
I can even change the project’s short name, no problem either.
but is that necessary (concerning github or other opensource host)?
or suffice just not publish ex. a youtube video relating my project to them directly? (despite would have to reference them on the technical info about it)
There’s a difference between crediting a project (i.e., “This project uses jME3”) and using the project to promote your own (“jME developers think my project is awesome!”). The former is a common courtesy and sometimes a requirement to use a library, the latter is both unethical (unless the authors have given an explicit endorsement and permission to publicize it) and forbidden by most licenses (including jME’s).
Heh, no worries - I’ve asked plenty of questions I felt silly about later too. Besides, license questions can be tricky, and the stakes are high if something isn’t right.
However if your game is really awesome, they might think that
Some games are also promoted on the engines’ readme file.
It’s just to prevent misuse and doing that without permission
