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Re:Simulating an Entire Car Engine (yes, it makes noise) [vi... by teddyh on Saturday August 06, 2022 @04:16PM (#32371219)
> The code is open source on my GitHub, the link to that is in the description

Description:

> Engine Simulator Codebase [Temporarily Private]

My most generous guess is that he got hit by a patent claim. I can’t think of any other reasonable reason for him to take back the code but keep the video up.

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Re:Simulating an Entire Car Engine (yes, it makes noise) [vi... by ASalazarMX on Saturday August 06, 2022 @04:41PM (#32371413)
Pinned comment from the author:

> UPDATE: I've received way more interest in this project and the codebase than I anticipated and I've made it temporarily closed-source. I may release it publicly again but I really want to make sure that my work isn't used without crediting me. Thanks for understanding bros!

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Re:Simulating an Entire Car Engine (yes, it makes noise) [vi... by teddyh on Saturday August 06, 2022 @05:36PM (#32371777)
Even the BSD and MIT licenses requires credit to be given to the author.

If he wants to exercise maximum caution, he should put AGPLv3 on it. He can always change it at any time later, since he’s the sole copyright holder.

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