Can I compile LÖVE games into EXE files and sell them?

Question

I've got two questions about LÖVE.

Can I sell what I make in LÖVE? Can I compile anything I make into an EXE file?

Nicks

For the next time, in such questions please simply add a link to the program, since not everyone wants to have to google it. – Maines

Answer 1

Yes, you can sell what you make in LÖVE. Their site clearly says: "LÖVE is licensed under the liberal zlib/libpng license. That means you can use it freely for any purpose — including commercial ones."

And yes, you can make an executable out of your LÖVE project. Just see here.

Representation

Thanks so much! You answered second but got both questions! ANSWERED! – Trowel

Answer 2

Here's the answer to your EXE file question from their wiki:

Windows

copy /b love.exe+game.love game.exe

Linux

cat love game.love > game

From their TOS:

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person... to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software,... subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

It says you can do anything you want with it as long as you leave their permissions notices in-tact on any files they put it on.

Canfield

Thanks! Even though you posted first, Tovi7 above got both. Here is a vote up for you :) – Trowel

I've got a hunch that the Linux line, cat love game.love > game won't work, as probably the love executable isn't in the same dir as the game.love file. So it should be cat `which love` game.love > game – Glair

Answer 3

From the same page -

Two things should be noted:

• The end result will not be a single executable, you must also include some DLL files in your zip-file.
• The resulting executable from the merge will still be readable by archiving software, such as WinZip.

Forge

Answer 4

1. yes, you can sell the games for any price
2. yes, you can compile them into .exe files through

copy /b (love.exe file location here)+(.love file location here) game.exe for windows and

cat (love.exe file location here) (.love file location here) > game.exe for linux,

in the folder where you put .exe file be sure to copy/paste the .dll files into said folder

Prud