madlemur / kslib

The standard library and examples for the Kerboscript language

KSLib

A user-community supported standard library for the Kerboscript language

The contents of this repository are scripts intended for use with the kOS (Kerbal Operating System) mod for Kerbal Space Program.

The scripts are written in the Kerboscript language, which is described on the main documentation page for kOS.

The goal of this repository is twofold:

1. To allow the developers of the kOS mod a place to put standard library scripts that enhance the usability of the mod.
2. To allow users of the kOS mod a place to participate as a group, submitting their own helpful additions to the library of scripts.

Please see the file: HOWTO.md to see how to use the files in this repository.

Please see the file: SUMMARY.md about the available libraries and what type of functionality they provide.

Licensing:

Code contributed here will be under the MIT license, and the act of submitting content to this repository will constitute implied consent to have the content you are submitting be placed under the MIT license.

The entire text of the MIT license can be found in the LICENSE file alongside this README file. The shorthand version is this:

1. Don't plagiarize. (Give attribution where you got it from).
2. Don't sue. (No liability is promised).

That's pretty much it, in a nutshell. As long as you do that, we don't care what you do with these script examples and libraries.

For the attribution requirement of the license, you need only attribute the KSLib team as a single group. You will not have to attribute each individual member. The intent is to have the entire attribution fit in a single short comment line.

Why MIT License?

The main kOS mod's code is released under the Gnu Public License, version 3, (GPL3), and you may wonder why the MIT license was chosen for this repository instead.

The shorthand answer is: "GPL3 is verbose" and "The edge cases it covers just aren't going to come up". The small lightweight nature of kerboscript, and the purpose to which it is put, makes the extra verbose terms and conditions of the GPL3 rather overkill for the task at hand. For casual new kerboscripters who just want to do something small and simple, the GPL3 can be a bit intimidating.