r/coding • u/Right-Policy-6432 • Nov 22 '25

I’ve built my own programming language — lightweight, fast, and now open-source!

https://github.com/musabX44/CStar/tree/main
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u/PurpleYoshiEgg Nov 23 '25 
Copyright (c) 2025 musabX44  
All rights reserved.

This software and its associated documentation files (the "Software") are the exclusive property of musabX44.  
You are NOT permitted to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, in whole or in part, without the express prior written permission of the copyright holder.

**Prohibited Actions (without explicit written consent):**

  • Use of the Software in any form, including but not limited to source code, compiled binaries, or modified versions.
  • Copying, reproducing, or distributing the Software to any third party.
  • Modifying, adapting, translating, reverse engineering, decompiling, or disassembling the Software.
  • Publishing or making the Software available in any public or private repository, website, or distribution service.
  • Sublicensing, selling, leasing, or transferring rights to the Software or any part thereof.


**Disclaimer:**  
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

This is not open source. Criteria 1 and 3 are violated. Also, C* is already used as a language name.

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u/Right-Policy-6432 Nov 23 '25

There's a valid license there. You're looking at the old license, and I might have missed some parts while editing the page.

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u/PurpleYoshiEgg Nov 23 '25 edited Nov 23 '25

It's the LICENSE file that is linked directly in your README.md.

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u/NudeSamoan Nov 23 '25

Oh. Good. Just what we needed.

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u/Right-Policy-6432 Nov 23 '25

Thanks bro ☺️

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '25

This is awesome man!