[SDL] Re: LGPL legal questions about SMPEG

Ryan C. Gordon icculus at clutteredmind.org
Fri Feb 15 07:06:01 PST 2002


> So include a .zip file of SDL source and one of SMPEG source with your
> binary & SDL DLL distribution, and you should be fine (iirc)... That's the
> whole purpose of the LGPL, to allow libraries to be free, but used in
> proprietary products...

Dynamically linking, and listing a URL to the source in a README and/or
where you distribute the binaries from is sufficient.

Thank god I don't have to zip up glibc for every program I ship.  :)

--ryan.






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